Recent content by bkuhn

I was looking for some suggestions on the best way to move boulders with a backhoe. Background: I am building a retaining wall out of boulders ranging from about 500 to 1100 pounds each. The backhoe is a JD 448 on a 4410 tractor. The retaining wall is only about 4 feet from the house so I...

I was hoping some of you out there might have some suggestions on how to rehabilitate an old gravel road that I have on my property. The road was put in about 10 years ago and is made of gravel/rock ranging from .5 in to about 2 or 3 inch pieces. It's well packed and at one time was probably a...

I need to skid some fairly large logs and started looking around for a 3pt implement to do this with. I really just need to lift the end (no real need for a winch for example) and as I looked around I realized that I might already have a pretty good log arch...my quick hitch. What I have is...

I'm looking for a heater this winter to heat a shop (36x24). Right now I have a woodstove in it which works great on days when I know I'll be working all day (i zip out in the morning and give it a few hour head start). But for those evenings when I'm just there for an hour or two it seems...

Was hoping to get some suggestions regaridng welding pipe ends. I've done a bit of welding for repair purposes but not a lot of fabrication. This weekend I was going to start a project using pipe 1 1/2 and 2 inch which I have not used much (usually use square material). My problem is trying...

I purchased a used pto driven post hold digger and wondered if someone could suggest what sort of sheer pin i should use? The tractor is 35hp/29 pto hp. The guy at the farm store suggested using a grade 2 bolt but so far that seems to sheer at the first sign of a small rock. Sure seems like...

I have a 448 backhoe which came with an 18" bucket. I plan on doing some trenching and would like to get a much narrower bucket (9" or so) but the smallest JD seems to offer is 12". The 447 has a 9" and I wondered if anyone knows if they are interchangeable? Or better yet are buckets...

I have about 10 posts that I need to place in the next few weeks. I currently have a backhoe with an 18" bucket and I'm wondering how that would work for digging the post holes? I hate to invest another 6 to 7 hundred dollars in a 3 point post hold digger if it's not necessary, but I picture...

I am looking for a sprayer with more capacity than the 15 gallon garden tractor version I currently use. Down at the local farm store they have a 3 point mounted 55 gallon (pretty standard setup I think) with a 10 foot boom. Seems about like what I'm looking for except for the 10 foot booms...