Recent content by BayouMan

I love to add turnips in my food plots as extra forage for the deer, but I especially love harvesting them for my own consumption. Hard to beat a good pork gravy with turnips! My problem for the last 3-4 years, is the greens start to get about 2-3” tall and then just totally disappear! Used to...

Thought I would share a couple of pictures of my dream deer stand. Hunted it last year and was it ever comfortable! I welded up a metal frame out of 2" pipe and anchored it in concrete. I then built a 5' x 8' box with a 2' porch. Base is treated 2 x 8 with 3/4" plywood floor. Used 2 x 3"...

Here is a picture of my boom pole build. I made mine to fit on my forks. Works great!

Not a very unusual use of FEL, but I recently used mine to move an old deer stand to a new site and then put my new box stand up. I had the pipe base in place back in May. Moved the new box stand from my shop to the hunting lease, which is 60 miles away. Used tractor to offload from my...

OK folks, I have been meaning to present my problem here for several months, but I kept thinking , we got it fixed this time. Bear with me as I give you the background info. I have a 1978 JD-2640 tractor. I have owned this tractor for about 16 years now and I love the tractor! I've had my...

OK guys, here is the final picture for this project. As I mentioned in a previous post, I needed to put a tow hook on the front of my tractor. I used to run my chain in behind the grill, when I hauled the tractor, but with the new conduit install, I had to come up with an alternative. I had 2...

One thing this project has forced me to do, was to install a tow hook on the front of the tractor. The primary purpose of the hook is to give me a more convenient place to put my front binder chain. I hope to get that welded on this morning. I ran across some neat fasteners yesterday and I...

A few more pictures.

Finally, I am done with this wiring project! I am very pleased with the outcome. The attached pictures show the finished product.

Had a productive day in the shop today. Amazing what 70 degree weather with about 20% humidity will do for you. I finished wiring up the console last night and today, I got the canopy lights wire. This involved getting the final wires pulled from the junction boxes to the lights. Got the...

Scrambler, Thanks for your comments and interest. I have not been able to find a 50 amp circuit breaker for the price I got my 100 amp one, but I am still looking. Was able to get the console mounted and a bolt welded to the top to hold the console closed last night. Had a good day today in...

A couple more pictures showing wire pulled to canopy lights.

Scrambler, I am going to look into buying a 50 or 60 amp circuit breaker to replace my 100 amp one. Made some more progress this afternoon on my wiring project! Got the console mounted today and got the wire pulled to it!

Decided to go with a piece of aluminum plate to mount the components on. This will then be attached to the console with 5 ea bolts with spacers to hold the plate with the components. Got some preliminary wiring done with the fuse panel. Still have to mount the switches and wire those up...

A couple more pictures. Once I get to the junction boxes, I will use split loaming to go to the canopy lights. My next big project involves figuring out a suitable layout of the components going in the overhead box. I intend for this box to hinge down to allow for inspecting wiring or...