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We sold the house in the city. Bought 1.6 acres between Denison and Ambrose Texas. That was almost two years ago. Weæ±*e doing all the work ourselves, 4150 sf slab, 89 cu yards concrete we hired out the pour and finish. I found 2600 ft of 11 1/2 X 3 1/4 fourteen gauge C purlins in assorted...

I had a need for a temporary power pole. And I had an abandoned power pole in the fence line. Nothing but a thing

I am working on my new shop and considered the roll ups for the main door. This is just a small blacksmith/welding shop 16 feet wide and 40 feet long. The door is at the north end of the building. I am spitting distance from the Red River. I have not figured out why the Okies never maintain...

Late eighties I built and sold rick racks that I had designed. Almost five years ago I came across one of them and took some photos, client had me doing a gate and had the rick rack I had made for his father. Sprinkler pipe is known as schedule ten. I used sch 10 1 1/2 pipe (1 7/8 O. D. 1. Cut...

Neighbor has a 2535 and it acts like the seat safety switch or something like it is keeping it from starting. Anyone know the safety switches and their location on this tractor?

Ron Hall shows up, work follows

Yesterday we went by the Pond project to pick up a couple of turkeys. They had ordered three and received four and wanted us to take two. It's been ten years and the place is marked forever, or until a new owner changes the decor.

A week ago I was picking up a couple of round bales at a friend's place. He had a Mahindra with remotes at the back and it had a bat wing mower that we had to bring the wings up so we could change out remotes so we could use the front loader with hay spears. Mahindra needs to go to John Deere...

One of my good friends wanted an anvil. He found the one he wanted but to get it he had to buy the whole collection. Collector had no interest in blacksmithing, he just loved anvils. So I'm helping my bud move the ones he doesn't want. They are all quality old anvils. If you see something...

Items For Sale At Auction - Retirement/Estate Auction in Caddo Mills, Tx Public Auction Sale: Retirement/Estate Auction - Caddo Mills, Tx I knew the old man who died ten or so years ago. He worked at the aircraft plant in Greenville but before that he was a rural blacksmith. His son who is...

We lost our cat at the Red Barn RV Park on east 380 Friday the fifth morning. He got spooked and took off. His name is Chewey and my wife and his dog miss him something fierce. He's wearing a collar that has a tag with his name and my cell number on it. But it is a breakaway collar so it...

The Wylie FD asked me to help them out with a project. Back in the day when they were mostly volunteers that was nothing but a thing. They would ask and I would deliver. But things change, we now have three fire stations and tons of firemen and lots of equipment. The Wylie FD has won state...

We decided to put this thread up in Rural Living because this is where most of us know Jinman. As most of you know for the past year of so Jim has had some serious health issues. His beautiful home has three levels and it is great except it isn't handicap friendly and Jim's mobility has been...

Yesterday afternoon two nice young men from Houston came up to visit. They are interested in working in Haiti and using Ubuntublox. Immediately after getting out of the truck the younger one asked me, "are we still in Texas? I'm cold here." It was 95 when they left Houston and it was in the...

The first thing that had to be fab'd up and installed was the angle iron track on the concrete across the drive. Texas Don and Mikim made it look easy. Then Mikim had to paint the rails for the gate to ride on inside the fence. We discovered that Mike hates cleaning paint brushes, won't do it.