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Eddie, I very sorry for your loss and my condolences to you and your family. I lost one my brothers in very similar circumstances in 2019, so I can appreciate your situation. Lots of good advice here. Perhaps the best is not to rush any decisions. You need time to process the grief...

The key thing about spraying herbicides like 2-4-d is you need to pick you spot in time. Like others have said, a surfactant will help, but you need to spray when the plant is transpiring--e.g. breathing. If it is too hot or the plant is is draught stressed, the openings on the plant leaves...

I was able to drag my in-laws 20 ft container with the Kioti Do you have any steel pipe from a drilling rig? If you can get up on the pipe, you can easily roll from place the place...The trick is having enough pieces of pipe, some 2x4 runners for the ground and a few helpers

This is most likely your problem...especially if you have hard water. We have very hard water. I have to clean the jets every 6 months and basically replace the toilets every 7-10 years. I just did the one in our master bath that I installed in 2010. Night and day difference.

For woodworking, I have switched to the 3M stuff---it is great. I thought I would share this test that Jonathan Katz-Moses did using a robotic sander and 19 different types of sandpaper:

I am betting either the over temp thermocouples or just the temp thermocouples have bit the dust. I have had good luck with the info and parts from repairclinic.com https://www.repairclinic.com/RepairHelp/How-To-Fix-A-Dryer/8-4-91489-/New/Maytag-Dryer-Not-Heating-lde8904ace

I got it as a secondary internet to our existing provider---between me, the wife and the kid all working for home, bandwidth can be at a premium. So far it is pretty good. I have notice a few hiccups. For example, if you have not been connected to the internet for awhile (for example we use...

Once of the greatest features in the Apple 14.0 operating systems for phones is the ability to automatically silence calls from unknown contacts. You see the notification as the phone "rings" but the call goes to voice mail. I was getting 10-15 spam calls per day and this not only cut that...

I have that exact same PHD and have both the 9 and 12 inch auger. I have used it to put maybe 20 - 25 posts over the last year For 4-6 inch posts, I almost exclusive use the 12 inch auger. Mainly, because I have yet to crack the secret to drilling a straight hole. I have watched about 1000...

Okay--so maybe I stretched it a bit. I bought the brush hog in 2009 when we got the tractor. The tractor has ~450 hours on it---probably 350-400 of those are brush hogging. I take the fifth over whether I had ever sharpened the blades. Since the last few times I used it, it more beat the...

So we have a washroom in the barn. There is a washer & dryer, laundry sink, toilet and hot water heater. The facet on the laundry sink has developed a serious leak. So last night, I go to Home Depot to get some washer to repair the faucet. While there, I start thinking (always a problem)...

Looking for the collective wisdom. The cutting blades on the bush hog (Mohawk Brave 5) have lived a good life and it is now time for them to be replaced. Do I need to go OEM (Ag-Meirer) or do a generic aftermarket set?

Hiya I thought I should post a general thank you to everyone on the site for the great information and advice on numerous topics. Just in the last month I was able to good information on how best to run a 3 pt PHD and how to deal with air in my fuel lines. I came to the sub-rural life late...

Here is a picture of the rebar and perimeter beam they spec'd for a covered porch on my house-30 x 17

As almost everyone else here, I have a "dirt road"-i.e. graded with road base. I am doing spring road maintenance and using a new supplier for my base said that he can get me 1 1/2 wash limestone as a top dressing for the base. He says that it does a good job of protecting/prolonging the life...

So on Saturday, my wife asks for some help in her tack room. She wants to rearrange the bridle racks and add some more--spaced about every 8-10 inches. I say. "No problem. To make it easy, we should mount some 3/4 plywood to the wall and then mount the racks to the plywood--that way we don't...

We have a "remote" pasture that we sometimes but the horses in. For a number of reasons, I can not run a water line to it. The wife and FiL have been filling the 100 gallon water tank using a 35 gallon transfer tank in the back of the UTV. They have been gravity feeding the trough from the...

Well, the old Club Cadet ZTR is coming to the end of its time. It will soon need to take the trip across Rainbow Bridge:laughing:. I am starting to look at new ones and are looking for brand recommendations. We have 3-4 acres that we mow with the ZTR. This includes standard lawn areas, the...

Okay--here are the pictures to prove that it happened.

First a confession and then a question. Back story: So starting yesterday morning, the water pressure in the house is low. Check around the house, no leaks. Check the barn ("upstream" of the house), no leak and low pressure. Call the water company, no work or issues reported. It is...

So my 72 year old MIL broke her hip last Friday. She did not get a hip replacement. Instead, they were able to pin her hip joint together with 3 pins. The downside of this is that she will be unable to put weight on that leg for 6-8 weeks. She is in the rehab hospital right now, but will be...

So, I needed to replace the blades on my RTZ50 and decided since they had over 300 hours and I would do the spindles as well. I order them off of AMAZON as well as 12 replacement self-tapping screws. I must be installing them wrong. Using my impact driver, so far I have sheared two off before...

So Sunday while we were at the movies (Beauty and the Beast) e had a line of storms come through. When we cam home the power was out and the fuse on the pole was blown. After the Co-Op reset the fuse, I discovered that the desktop, exercise bike (terminal), wireless music streaming system and...

We have had a week of nice weather, so it was time to start working on the spring yard clean up. I used: Tractor Push lawn mower Cheap weed eater with the blade attached (Ryobi) Real weed eater (Echo) Chain saw Walk behind tiller Since everything but the tractor has been sitting since the...

So 22 last week. 75 today. Yesterday evening, my FiL comes up to get the Snake Gun (single shot 410). He has 3 rattlesnakes in the back yard, including 1 on the deck (sorry no pictures). I am guessing the cold snap, followed by the last 3 days of warm weather brought them out of hibernation...

So it is time to replace/improve the lights in the wife's horse barn. It is a metal building with 18 ft ceilings (50 x 30 with roll up doors on either end. Currently, there are home cheapo fluorescent shop lights scattered through out the barn. My wife leaves the roll up doors on either end...

Best story on the earthquake:

As a matter of fact, I could not even think of how to use the tractor for this--maybe carry the rolls of wallpaper in the bucket, but I don't think the loader would have made it in through the doorway. :laughing: So yesterday, the wife and I put up some wallpaper in the guest bathroom as an...

...but this time it was zebras So wife is complaining that the lights on the left side of her horse trailer were not working and there is a horse thingie in two weeks. I was sure they were working recently--especially after I reset the plug into the trailer. So, I move the truck around and...

So, when we built the house in 2001, we were young and dumb. We used slate for the floor of the master shower (walls are left over ceramic from wife's grandmother last build). The shower is still water tight, but over 15 years of showers and bathing dogs, the slate is starting to...

Well, I final caught the apple thief yesterday evening: Mr Fox. Saw him out the bedroom window snacking on an apple. He finished that one, trotted over, picked up another and headed down the hill. What is surprising is that we have been out here for 15 years. Have seen all creatures great...

Guess when I dumped the kitchen compost (from a rotating compost bin) in the manure pile, there were a few Spaghetti Squash seeds that had not broken down yet....:laughing: This is about after 3 weeks and after a lot of rain....

Need some feedback on who I should go after--if anyone. I replaced the tires (Michelin) on the Nissan Quest back in January at a leading nation wide tire and battery seller (it was a Sunday). I did not get the alignment done as I had the car aligned just 4 month prior. Today, the car is in...

Looking for some information from the brain trust. I have an existing workshop that is slab on grade. Here is the build thread: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/projects/184711-not-big-not-pretty-but.html?highlight= I am thinking about pouring a 8 x 10 slab in front of the french doors...

After the last set of storms, we are going to replace our roof. Currently we have asphalt shingles, but are strongly considering going to a standing seam metal roof (my wife figuring that I still have a few organs to sell on the black market to pay for it :laughing:). I have had the parade of...

Any use Hoofgrid or a similar product for mud issues in horse paddocks? Introduction to HoofGrid™ equine footing and flooring grid systems The end of our barn turns into a mud pit every year. We are going to do some work on improving the drainage, etc, but my wife and MIL are thinking about...

So Mom (going to be 84) has just moved to Brookfield, MO to live across the street from my bachelor brother. We bought her a 90 year old house at a very good price, knowing the place needed work. (I and another son are in Texas, the rest are spread out across the country). I was just up...

I have about 3/4-1 mile of dirt (road base) road to maintain. I have been using a box blade, but I am considering getting a land plane. I would like to get a 6 ft to cover the tractor wheel base. I am concerned that it might be too much for the tractor. Anyone have any experience?

Since we moved to the sub-rural zone 14 years ago, every time I needed to change the blades on the riding lawn mower, I drove it up the small ramps I have, laid on my back and spent the next 2 hours cussing, complaining and injuring myself while getting the blades off. This time, I actually...

Okay, I am an idiot. I can't find my owner's manual. Where do I check the hydraulic fluid level at? Thanks,

Come Monday, the wife and I will be married 23 semi blissful years. She has today off and I have today off. The child (8 years old) has a half day at school, but is going to a party and sleep over after school. So what do we do to celebrate with the house all to ourselves? :) We notice that...

Assuming it ever stops raining here long enough to dry up (which feels like a big assumption over the last month), the need to get out to clean up (and create in some cases) the ditches next to our road. Most the ditches were 18" across and maybe 12'" deep. Over the last ten years, I have been...

The wife and I have been discussing teaching our 9 year daughter to shoot. Full disclosure, neither of us are hunters and are not regular shooters. We are not anti gun or anti hunters. Shooting is not just part of our normal lives. Seeing the recent thread on pellet guns, I was wondering...

If I ever even think about another project using one of these, you all have my permission to smack me upside the head and say " Stop being cheap--rent the bigger equipment". Last time I used one was 9 years ago for some poles for the dog run and it kicked my *****. Since then, I have hired out...

So I am getting ready to put in about 300 ft of field fencing on edge of part of my property. The fence is mainly to keep any nuisance animals (loose cows, stray dogs, etc) from wandering onto my property and to keep my dogs from going onto the neighbor's. In my planning, I realized I was...

Looking for some advice. In preparation for building a commercial center, the neighbor behind us and down hill has down some aggressive clearing and knocked down almost all of the live oaks on the hill side. The live oaks provided a nice sense of privacy. As it right now you can stand in our...

Hiya, The wife and I are discussing a spring remodel of the wash room in the barn (toilet, washer/dryer, hot water heater). The previous owner framed the wash room with metal studs and installed a 32" exterior door leading into the main hallway. My wife wants to replace that exterior hinged...

I need a favor. The 8 year old daughter is doing a book report on "Last of the Mohicans". As part of the report, she has to bring in 5 items that are important in the story. One of the items she wants to bring in is a life sized picture of Hawkeye's rifle (an American/Kentucky Long rifle)--we...

Looking for help. I have patched/plug my front tires several times, but now my FIL has run the one of the rear tires flat and off of the rim--looks like a big mesquite thorn. Looking for any advice on getting back on the rim... 1. Should I do it with the tire still on the tractor or do I...

I need to pay my debt. A couple of months ago, I posted some questions about rafters on an outdoor kitchen I was building. You provided me with some good information and I promised to post pictures of the finished project. Between work, weather and money, I finally finished it this last...

So I am building an outdoor "kitchen"--really a shade and rain structure for the grill. I am using rough cut Western Red Cedar--some purchased new, some reused from other projects. I am putting a metal roof on part of the structure and that is where I made a rookie mistake. The rafters are 2...

Well, I am mourning the passing of a good partner. He was not the best one out there, but he worked for me until the end. I know there are others who would claim that a Bosch or Makita would have been a better companion, but this one served me well. He was not the most modern of guys, but...

Let me double up on that one....I learned that one the hard way drilling through some metal. The orthopedist told me that this type of fracture is actually very common when drilling by hand in metal and the drill binds....Only took 8 weeks of physical therapy.....

I did a quick search on this topic and did not ind any threads on this topic (only went back 3 years), so I am looking for advice from the brain trust. I have been avoiding tackling this issue on general principle--my wife has horses, I do not. The wife has a F350 with a 2 horse (+tack room)...

Well here they are last Spring in the bluebonnets (or at least us trying to take pictures of them: But this is there more nature/normal environment: The black one is my female, Willow. The other is the male, Tig. Everybody is fixed though. For scale, they are on the big Costco dog beds...

So the next door neighbor (my mother in law) was walking back to her place this morning when she ran into this one the road. She had the dogs with her (my Great Danes) who did their job --they alerted to the snake and got between it and my mother in law. who has to use a cane and had not seen...

We have had unseasonably warm weather here--Sunday was 72. So I trimmed the roses and started to put compost around the base. The compost pile (horse manure) is ~100 yrds from the rose garden and downhill (so uphill going from the compost pile). I should also mention we have 40-50 mature...

We have about 100 extra 6 ft T-posts leaning up against the wall in the shed--not very accessible, not very safe. I am looking for another method of stacking/storing. Any suggestions/pictures?

Actually, looking over the last 100 years, adjusted for inflation, housing prices have been flat (with the exception of the last boom that peaked in 2006): Case Shiller 100 Year Chart (2011 Update) | The Big Picture

All that was left was to tie the existing arbor cross pieces into the steel beams, run some cross pieces across the front, install some cedar 2 x 2 slates for the wisteria to grow across and then take out the remaining 4 x 4 posts. I must have done something right because so far it has not...

In looking at how wide we wanted to expanded the arbor we wanted to go from 7 ft between support poles to at least 14 or 16 ft. Doing it in wood would not easy or possible (plus we would lose some head room by the time I up sized the cross pieces), so I decided to use steel for the cross beams...

I thought I would post a few pictures of a quick project we did this fall. My contribution to "project ****" before the winter blahs set in.:laughing: We moved to the "sub rural zone" in 2001 and built the house in fall of 2001 (moved in Jan 1 2002). One of the first outdoor projects we did...

So the wife and I are considering building an outdoor kitchen/cover over the current grilling space. In Central TX, we can usually grill almost all year around, but it would be nice to have some permanent sun/rain protection as well as some protection against the winds out of the North in the...

So I was using the rear finish mower in the small horse pasture a few weeks ago when, after about 30 minutes of mowing, I discovered that the retaining pin on one of the wheel assemblies had come off and the entire wheel had come off at some point while I was mowing my fat, happy and dumb way...

Eddie, I am jealous of your red clay. Down here on the Black Land Prairie (black clay), you would have dug down 3-4 ft, brought in road base, compacted it, then dug 18 x 24 perimeter beams (at least) with 12 x 18 grade beams throughout the slab. Here is a picture of some of the foundation...

So, the wife went out to bush hog a pasture that we just expanded. She comes back way too early. I ask--Problem with the Tractor? Wife: Yes, kinda. It is stuck. Me (thinking we have had no real rain in 6 weeks): Stuck? Where? Will we need the truck to pull it out? Wife: No--just a...

So, I have to prime and paint six wooden screen doors for the in laws' house. If I was paining with a brush, I would paint one side, let it dry and then paint the other. Usually, I would do 2-3 coats. If I spray, I would want to avoid this as I would spend more time cleaning the sprayer...

Anyone have any experience with the portable AC units? My wife is considering an AC unit for her tack room in the barn (I am not pointing out to her that I pushed her to consider an AC unit when I was building it last year--I may be slow, but I am not dumb :laughing:). The space slightly...

So, the old mower (Scotts L2048) went to the big scrap yard. After a week of teeth gnashing, INTERNET searching and ogling at different stores, I bought a RZT 50. They delivered it this morning. This evening, in 1.3 hours, per the meter, I mowed what normally would have taken me 2-3 hours. I...

My in-laws have an inheritance property outside of Memphis TN that they are putting up for sale (we are all in TX). The property belonged to my wife's grandparents and on the property is 100+ year old barn with a 1945 Massey Ferguson tractor inside. The tractor has not been used in 20-25...

We are thinking about putting a gate across our dirt road (mainly to keep looky-loos out) Any recommendations on how wide? I want to make sure that I make it wide enough to allow any large vehicles to come down the road, but too wide also becomes a problem as I know it will sag over time.

It may be a new record. First drought. The rain. Then a warm spell (75 F today). I had to get the mower out today and start mowing. Of course, most of it was winter rye, clover and weeds, but I still had to mow it. Luckily we have had a couple of dry days between the rain.

:Trying to decide if it is time for new tires on the horse trailer :laughing:. Noticed that 3 of the 4 tires on the horse trailer were looking a little worn. What do you think, should I replace them or try to get a few more miles out of them?:D

So, my wife was getting 250 hay bales delivered yesterday for her horses. Of course, the drought in Texas has started breaking-we have had 7 inches of rain this December, including 1.25 Wednesday night. My wife called her hay guy and told him to wait until next week so it could dry out. Of...

Okay, So my in-laws have the 10 acres next door. Next to them is nice old women (85) who has lived in her house since 2001. She had her house built when she bought the 10 acres from the couple that parceled off all 3 of our lots from their 200 aces. Last spring, my in laws bought a 10.1 acre...

So I realized I had not done my duty and posted pictures of the project so many of you gave me advice on--the wife's tack room. Unfortunately, the 5 year old got the camera and several pictures got deleted, but I will post what I have. The first series is the space prior to any...

My local (and pretty much only) internet provider has just been bought by Skybeam. Searching on line, there are a lot of negative reviews about Skybeam once it takes over a local provider. Anyone have any experience with them? I am trying to decide if I need to start "pursuing other options"...

I am looking for some advice from those of you in the cold weather part of the country. In my wife's unheated, uninsulated barn, we have a hot water heater, toilet, utility sink, washer/dryer and a couple of faucets. For the first 8 years, we had no problems with the pipes freezing--we would...

Okay, I am going to bare my ignorance before the group. I do not have a lot of knowledge on gas/diesel engines. I can do basic maintenance activities, etc, but it is not my idea of a fun week-end tearing an engine apart. I will fix your dishwasher, refrigerator, help you build a fence, a barn...

Since there have been so many deck questions lately, I thought I would post some pictures of the deck I am building for my neighbors/in laws (the in laws live next door). The back yard to their house has never been very accessible from the house and consequently has been neglected. There was...

So, the current circular saw is getting ready to bite the dust--the safety interlock switch is starting to go. It was a $70 Skill special and I have gotten 8 hard years out of it, so I am not upset. I am looking for recommendations. I am not a profession, but like many living the sub-rural...

Looking for some advice. I live on the Black Land Prairie in Central Texas--come call it black gumbo. The soil is mostly clay and the engineers like to say that it has a high soil plasticity, which means it moves a lot depending on the moisture content. Well, we just broke the record for...

This is what the two Danes brought home last night. They were upset I took it away. My wife and I are going to hang it on the patio.

This is from "The Adaptive Curmudgeon's Blog" (The Adaptive Curmudgeon's Blog | Given the choice between a cube dweller and a tractor. Talk to the tractor.) I thought you would all get a kick out of it. Note: His language is adult. 1.You have much less money than you think. 2.Don't quit...

Looking for some feedback. My two neighbors and I live in an equestrian community. (my wife has horses, not me). There is a sand horse arena was built by a women who ran a commercial stable. Half of the arena runs across our my neighbors and my property. Until last week the other half...

So, how long are your electric fence chargers lasting? The solar ones I have never had make more than 2 years--the cell usually give out. I just replaced the electric one for the horse pasture. The last one was a redman that was install 5-6 years ago. The voltage had dropped to where it was...

Northern Tool has opened a store in Austin--less than 15 miles from me. As if, the tractor, the wife, the property, the child and the dog weren't eating up my money, now I have Northern Tool in my backyard.

Looking for some feedback/advice. So, the next project on the list is building my wife a new tack room in the barn. The current space is approx 19 ft (l) x 12 ft (w) and is used for junk storage. My wife wants it enclosed, sheetrocked on all four walls and ceiling as some work done to...

I am working in shop this afternoon, when my daughter, who is 4 1/2 asks if she can ride on the tractor. Since she has only ridden it once before and I have high hopes that she will be mower, bus hogging, etc one day, we were on the tractor before she could change her mind. Here are the...

So after 1.5 years of trying, I finally got my 4 1/2 year old daughter to ride on the tractor with me today--we groomed the sand arena. It was great for both of us. The FEL was a big hit with her. Even better, she asked if she could ride on the riding lawn mower with me. While I am tempted to...

Anyone used a 3 pt hay spear to move round bales? I know I have 1800 lbs on the lift, but I am also concerned about how the tractor handles. Given the dry weather we have had in Central Texas, the wife is considering getting a load of round bales for the horses and moving them into the field 1...

...yeah and I am building it. The wife is kicking my workshop out of her barn. So I am building a 16 x 24 shop (or lab as I have taken to calling it). First time building a "building". I have done some light/moderate home remodeling, but I thought I would take the plunge and try going from...

Okay, I made a mistake. We got a 40' shipping container two years ago for hay storage and it has worked great. In my eagerness, I made a big mistake: I put it directly on the ground. As we are in rural (or sub-rural) Texas, I know many of you can see where this is going. I have at least one...

HIya, Anyone have experience using a middle buster on the Black Land Prarrie soil (heavy, heavy black clay as in the the brick companies, dig it up, compact it and back it into bricks). I am considering getting one to use around the property (drainage ditch work, ditches for pipe, etc). My...

Hiya, Looking for information/feedback. Finally, I am going to build the workshop. I am looking at having a 16 ft span on on a simple shed roof with a 2/12 pitch. I am in Central texas, so there is no snow load. I am trying to decide on the size of the rafters and spacing and I am looking...

Hello, I have been lurking here for about 1 year and have gotten some great information as well as seeing some good project and tractor "****".:laughing: I have found some related posts, but nothing that deals with my issue directly. My wife and I have "inherited" a sand horse arena--the...