Recent content by AndrewT

Why wouldn't you just buy a 30" or so, gas, self propelled blower? Then and do a few passes? Seems the simplest answer to your question to me? That being said if it's wet dense snow a consumer blower, ( or even a PTO blower has a hard time chewing that stuff up and spitting it where you want it...

once you have it to within a few inches of the desired grade, find a 10-14 foot chunk of I beam or C channel to do your final level with it. A chain on each end going to the tractor 3 point, drag it on it's side and it will grade and fill all the last lumps and bumps. One of our neighbours does...

you don't need a backing bar, and you don't need a TIG, unless you want a reason to sell the other half on buying one lol. Go on Youtube, search up Make It Custom, and watch a video called Mig welding with no warpage . Been doing Auto restoration for 40 years, started out doing patches like that...

I am a bit like Yanmar, usually if I find a screaming deal on something, usually a tool or piece of equipment, if it's in good condition and what I need I just hand over asking price, as 9/10 times they have already undervalued it. If they look like they are broke, and or desperate often I pay...

everything above 1) buy a 3/4" Breaker Bar, middle to good quality not Harbor Freight junk, 2)get a good quality 1/2-3/4 adapter Impact grade. Better yet buy narrow wall 3/4", 13/16" and 7/8" deep 3/4" drive sockets. 3) also use anti-seize or moly grease on studs and seat area around the hub...

I don't post here very often but this is kind of my forte. Find a Rad shop that has a guy who is GOOD at plastic welding. If you are a fairly handy person you can get a hot air or solder type plastic welding gun on Amazon, Harbor Freight, and make sure you are using the correct filler rod...

If you use reading glasses at all, add a cheater lens to your helmet, you could also try using a halogen worklight shining on the work for startup positioning. also try a lower shade of lens. If you are using a 12 or 11 for stick maybe drop down to a 10 see if it helps. I do a lot of light sheet...

I have 6 welders Sidekick 130 220V 2 MM200's (one a Canox variant) a Millermatic 210 with dual solenoids and a Spool gun, an old Thunderbolt 225 Stick, and an Everlast Tig. They all have their uses, but something like the MM210 will weld anything from 20 guage to 1/2" plate. The Sidekick has...

I've been waiting for my shop to get built to buy 2 of these units. Tool Cabinet - BESTLAND INC. I have 2 52" Home Depot units that I maxed out 3 weeks after buying them, at this point I have dozens of tools in plastic cases on shelves as well, and 2 big stationary units would solve my storage...

AJ having done similar pressure vessel repairs in the past myself, please tell me you did at least hydro-test the tank with a pressure washer afterwards. I've built 4 or 5 sandblasters and swapped orientation on compressors from horizontal to vertical, and have an air pig that uses a 100 LB...

Mig or stick for general tractor maintenance, and it sounds like the OP already has one. Best suggestion is to gather up some scraps of metal, as with any welding, practice and seat time will get you proficient in a week. You-tube has about a million videos on welding stuff together, for more...

If you are serious about this, and people have done bigger projects on older equipment, rather than a gassifier look into buying/making a bio-diesel generator. Not saying a gassifier can't be done but you'll be hauling around a 1 ton trailer to house it and stoking it with green wood hourly to...

Hoping somebody can chime in who's had one of these apart. I borrowed a 3PH tiller from a friend the PTO shaft was about 1/2" too long and my bad for not checking first! Long story short version I backed up before completely raising the tiller and it pushed the PTO shaft in about 1/2". Managed...