Recent content by dboreham

Quick add that I discovered you can insure equipment under your home owners policy (at least, I did -- very common large US insurance carrier so I assume most will). Coverage I seem to recall even includes use off my property, but of course not commercial use. Anyway, for my coverage I had to...

I live in a deep rural location. I think the Craigslist scammers like to post in a location like mine because the chances of someone local wanting to come around to see the machine they claim to be selling will be low. After a while you can immediately spot the fake listings. Price too good to...

Perhaps overkill for something commonly available like this, but for fasteners in general and especially when you need something specific in terms of material, finish, strength, etc I love McMaster Carr : McMaster-Carr

Where I live in southwest Montana most rural homeowners do their own snow removal, or work with a neighbor to do so. I have a 1t pickup with plow, a skidsteer with snow blower and a walk-behind 32" tracked snow blower. Some people use ATVs and tractors. The truck/plow is best for longer...

Thanks, I suppose I was thinking along the same lines but I need to get finance committee approval. Finance committee does not like downed trees all over the property though...

I don't really have the space to make a big burn pile. Plus around here there are pretty strict permitting constraints on burning that can be hard to work with as far as not being able to burn before the snow comes and not being able to burn after that because the pile is under snow. And lastly...

Hello, I confess I don't actually own a tractor, but I do have a mini excavator and a compact track loader, so I'm hoping I'm allowed to post... I have 10 acres of aspen trees. At our altitude they have a tendency to fall over under late spring snow load after coming into leaf. As a result I...

Interesting thread. I'll add my datapoint: I have a 6x10 7K bumper pull scissor dump trailer that I haul with a 1 ton. I use it to transport gravel and rock as well as random other things such as skid steer attachments and construction waste. It is useless for hauling equipment but for that I'd...