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  1. Cycledude

    Rheem lifetime electric water heater tanks ?

    Anyone here have any experience with them ? First time I ever even heard of them, couple days ago I found out Menards sells them so I called my local Rheem dealer and told him I need a new water heater because my 30 year old True Value water heater is leaking, he said he would be out with a new...
  2. Pixguy

    Water softeners - do it yourself systems

    We're building a new home and just priced a salt water softener. WOW, have prices jumped in 5 years around here. Sure, the two systems I had installed previously were before COVID but I feel they're just using that as an excuse to gouge us. The other two salt systems to eliminate iron and hard...
  3. G

    International tractor b414 water in cylinders

    Hi All, I have a old 414 that is outside, we had lot of rain this winter, anyway just went to see how the old girl is as have some chores, and found the intake filter full of water, so naturally it has made it's way into at least some cylinders. Of course I want to get it going ASAP as I do...
  4. chris the wrench

    Moving water from spring box uphill without electricity

    Backstory: We've got a spring box on our property that is fed by an underground spring. We have legal access and usage of this water. There currently is an underground cement/cinderblock box, the top of the box is at grade level and has a 18"x18" access hatch, and there is a pvc pipe overflow...
  5. F

    Need help finding a water well part

    Hello all! My previous water well consisted of a galvanized pressure tank setup with a deep well submersible pump. The inlet pipe from the pump to the tank had a brass check valve right at the tank inlet. Right behind the check valve on the pump side was a brass fitting that utilized a standard...
  6. Williy

    Has anyone seen this? Toyota water car? Wonder if they will be in tractors??

    Wonder how long it will take to be in tractors??? willy
  7. Dadnatron

    New farm... Finding livestock water lines across 126ac?

    I'm purchasing a 126ac farm and there is the benefit that livestock waterers are scattered across it. However, there is no active water running at them, and I can find no valves. I plan to remove the old waterers and replace them with Hydrants and/or Mirafont waterers, but... I don't even know...
  8. D

    anyone have any experience with propane (hot water) pressure washers?

    I (currently) only plan to use it a few times a year, and wonder if I would have less issues/ not having to worry about something happening to the diesel/kerosene fuel, or burners possibly clogging from the fuel just sitting. Even if I did try to drain the fuel after each use, I am sure there...
  9. dodge man

    Hard water car wash solution?

    So this is a problem I’ve had washing my car at home. We have three vehicles one of which is a Dodge Challenger that is black. It’s the car that wants to spot from hard water. I recently bought a foam cannon and use a wash and then a rinse product that helps, then immediately pull it in my...
  10. Richard

    Calcium (water heater) questions...

    I've asked before about this and now, I have finally tried it. My 1-year old water heater stopped. I presumed (from past expeience) that the calcium has built up at the bottom, buried my lower element and it shorted. Turns out that was NOT the case, but the calcium pile was VERYYYYYYYYYY...
  11. F

    Storm water management

    Never seen it done like this before just dumping it on the sidewalk. Some house have 3 or 4 on support pole dumping from 15 or 20 feet up.
  12. F

    GC2300 oil in water

    So have a GC2300 with oil in the radiator. Does anyone know if this unit runs hydraic fluid through part of the radiator to help cool it ?
  13. B

    LS water pump

    trying to buy a LS G3033 water pump----OR a place that will rebuild it (bearing replacement)----no reply yet from North Carolina LS company
  14. S

    What water bottle do you have?

    I'm trying to buy a water bottle to use because I need to drink more water but am baffled by the huge number of brands, shapes and capacities. Someone said buy a Yeti but there are dozens of those. I looked at some 40 ouncers at Costco but it's the size of a thermos and won't fit in my...
  15. jkk04

    Portable propane tankless water heater you should have.

    If you are living in the country, highly recommend it So convenient.
  16. Slackdaddy

    Adding a "T" to a buried black poly water line?

    Figured this was the best group to ask in. I have a 3/4" 200psi black poly water line from the house to a yard bib. It is buried at 28-30" deep. I want to add a branch line about mid span for the garden. I have the proper S.S. 3/4" barbed "T" and S.S. clamps. And I know all about heating the...
  17. B

    Water in JD 3320

    We've recently had a good amount of much needed rain. Unfortunately, the fuel filler cap on my 3320 wasn't tight and a quantity of water entered the fuel tank. It was only detected upon the engine ceasing to run shortly after starting it. The engine is Yanmar's 3TNV88 with 200 hrs on the...
  18. mx842

    Need some suggestions on how to fix water getting into my new building.

    I just had a 60X60' metal building put up and Everything is wonderful accept the lousy concrete pour. Aside from having a bunch of cracks everywhere there is a low place in the center of the floor where water will hit the concrete out in my covered side shed and end up piling up on the wall and...
  19. D'oh

    Flowing Ground Water what to do.

    So I did some Ditching last Summer at the Cabin, we have always had some Water Issues, including a Soup Hole that never dried up, even during Drought Times. I sank a Cistern and ran a line to the beach, then dug a trench down the Hill behind the Cabin, scammed some Gravel Fill, and thought Run...
  20. S

    Pulled over for a one-ton truck pulling a water pump in CT.

    Greetings, We have a 3500 GMC one-ton single rear axle with a metal dump box at work. The truck GVWR is 11,100lbs. This is mainly a shop run around truck but do on a rare occasion pull a trailer or travel out of the state of CT pulling a trailer to pick up or drop off equipment or supplies that...
  21. L

    Water pressure/ flow question

    I'm almost done getting the must-do's complete after moving into my new construction home. The water service to the house was a mix of me doing it myself and the plumbers tying into it. I have a 3/4" meter directly into a 3/4" regulator being serviced by a main that according to the water...
  22. H

    1 inch before 1 1/4 water line

    We are setting up our water system. The pump is 20-25gpm rated. Feeding through a 1 1/4 line. There is an unfiltered 1 1/4 irrigation line going out of the pump house. The house, shop and studio appartment will be filtered water. All those lines are laid at 1 1/4 inch. Here is my question...
  23. L

    Water leveling?

    Hi - I’m trying to lay a bit of field tile - the 4 inch junk that Homedepot and Lowes sells. Also I’m putting some catch basins and running them into schedule 40 (4 inch) . I’ve watched it rain out here a couple years and have a basic idea of run off / grade. I’ve also checked it using 100 ‘ of...
  24. B

    Wrench for removing Kubota water separator

    2018 M7060 - In replacing the fuel filter and cleaning the water separator, I noticed things are "tight". Not a lot of room to move around. I was able to get the (spin on) fuel filter changed by using a standard "Band" filter wrench. I was unable to get the water separator unscrewed...
  25. T

    Water pump on mf135 continental year 1967

    Hi folks, I have a neewbie question. I have a 1967 mf135 gas engine. I notice a quite bit of slack on the spindle that has the cooling fan on. I've done a little research, i found out that it's the water pump pulley. Do i need to change the water pump or is there a bearing to change between the...
  26. KilroyJC

    2” polyethylene tubing for irrigation— any good vendors?

    I need about 600’ of tubing, and I found a vendor that had it for under $900—- but the shipping was almost $800! our local plumbing supply houses do not stock it and tell me 6-12 weeks to get it in. we are in Western North Carolina. Any suggestions? THANK YOU!!!
  27. Lacy0923

    Water in Front Axle??

    So my Father-in-law purchase a 2014 Mahindra EX22 HIL new in 2017 from the dealer. He only used it to blade his driveway and around the house for moving something. FFWD, he passed away in 2020 from COVID. The tractor has always been covered in a barn, has never been used in the rain much less in...
  28. KilroyJC

    Looking for advice/ideas on sediment filtration for water coming out of a culvert - feeding a 5/8” water line

    DISCLAIMER: YES - I WILL TAKE AND POST SOME PICS LATER TODAY - Our lot is in a little dead-end valley, and the part that will be farmable once I clear it out - it has not been tended in 50+ years, and there are a good number of substantial trees that need to come down first. Up on the...
  29. F

    Moving and dispersing water from a tractor

    I've got a Kioti DK6010Se (60kp) and happened to find several plants, we wanted to eventually plant, for 50% off at Home Depot. Now, they are going to be planted on land we are clearing. No well or water source yet on the property. I was thinking I could get something like this which would be...
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