Personally, i like the noise when im running the dog thru the trails. It alerts the moose , coyotes and deer of our presence and they take off instead of being spooked and attacking my dog….. which has happened in past while walking on trails. Nothing worse than ambling up a trail and spooking a...
Good to know. I used to get struck with poison ivy years ago….bit have not seen or had it since moving to Idaho.
That and not having flees and ticks on the dogs…and no more rattle snakes or black widows made the move nicer.
Those relays, when they go bad, they randomly simply delay working. Not sure why. Right now, my front windshield wiper switch will light up but wiper wont activate….but if i leave switch on, in a minute or two the wiper starts.
Ya, its the relay. There are a few screws that hold the plastic on.
Kioti uses this same twin relay on alot of different functions on the tractor.
I have issue with intermittent windshield wiper operation on mine now. The same twin relay located in right side support column is acting up. I...
Electrical shorts suck to locate, but can be found with patience. I just found a short in my dk45 ac circuit. The ac stopped working last week while spraying a field. New 25amp blew instantly key was turned on even with ac turned off.
Started at fuse box. Pulled fuse turned on key and found...
How expensive are these things, as compared to say a cyclone rake. I saw one set up like this on a bad boy commercial zt at the dealer. But its a $22,000 lawn mower.
If you have good clearance, you could always add a cyclone rake. I use this instead of the rear bags when the lawn is too wet.
They make many different conversion kits. But those rakes aint cheep.
I do love mine for picking up pine cones and pine needles. Does a great job
My wife purchased one years ago….could never grow anything with it. Gave it to the neighbors.
I think my wife never got the nutrient levels correct.
Hers didnt have a grow light though.
except for my first vehicle in high school, all ive ever owned are pickup trucks. Mind you, back in 1975 a new truck was the more inexpensive vehicle to buy. Now days, they cost more than most luxury cars.
I have 3 vehicles at home. All are pickup trucks.
Edit: i forgot about the 1979 vette i...
No towing laws here. Me, i always try to keep up with traffic if towing the flatbed or box trailer. By i do drive slower when hauling the horse trailer.
I have a camera inside the horse trailer, and i can see the horses actions when turning, etc. it tends to make me more cautious.
Heck, were...
When i first purchased my brand new 1994 dodge diesel my wife was driving it to home depot with me following in my f150 to get supplies. I parked and was walking up to her while she was backing into a parking spot. She decided to wave to me while backing up. She hit a tree and crushed rear...
Ya, here in idaho most people ( usually contractors pulling enclosed box trailers) think they can exceed posted speed limits when pulling trailers. And most forget about the trailers when they decide to pull over into your lane.
The glow plugs suck down 30 amps of juice while operating. Might be hard on the starter to try starting it while there operating. Though just spitballing here.
When i shattered the glass windshield on my kioti tractor a few years back, i could not get a replacement right away due to covid parts supply issues. It being winter and snowing, i decided to try and make my own polycarbonate replacement to get me by. I went to 2 supply houses and the cost of...
The fiber there putting in here has been underground. Ill have to wait and see what they do on my street. But they did ask our association for easement use, so i would assume they are planning underground
I use an additive in winter. Power Service. When the glow plugs were working years ago, i never had any issues starting. Even without any additive. I had a 30 yo dodge diesel, never had any winter start issues. Nearly 400,000 miles too. Guess the cummins diesel had better glow plugs.
The kioti...
On my 870 i just added the power beyond kit and a fender mounted dual valve. Problem is, several years ago JD stoped supplying the power beyond kits. I had a friend try and find one for his 1070. JD said they have not been able to get those for several years.
I thought you could get any jd part...
Installed many 1000’s of those over the years. Like you said lamps lasted long time, not the ballast.
2 years ago i swapped out a state of idaho building into LED non ballast lights. I replaced entire parking lot and exterior building mounted 400 watt wallpacks with LEDS. I pulled aprox 2,500...
Over the years, it seemed like it was getting harder and harder to get a clean (no soot or engine clanging sounds) when starting my tractor when engine was cold. I was running 2 glow plug time sessions which helped, but lately that wasnt enough.
I finally got off my lasy butt and traced down...
Supposed to have been hard carbonate poly….but who really knew. The wife wanted a real glass windshield with electric wiper….thats what i got.
Very happy with it. The company that sold me the windshield didnt have a wiper kit, so i had to make my own. Works great. While i was at it i added top...
I was working in a state of idaho building last summer, and the hallways all have motion sensors. While i was installing new exit and emergency lighting, the hallways were constantly switching on and off whenever a hall walker (employee) opened a door to move to another room. It was like a...
I dont know, ive been listening to my cab tractor for 14 years while operating. I even wear standard over head hearing protector. I can hear it just fine.
I just had my 25 amp ac fuse blow while spraying the pasture 2 days ago. Tried another fuse…boom, that fuse also blew.
14 trouble free years…..
Well, im an electrician by trade. So i tore everything apart and started unhooking all the connections inside the ac unit under cab hood, i tested the...
Ok, i tested the new glow plugs and they all had same ohm rating as expected. After removing the old ones, one of them tested the same as new ones. One had 4x higher ohm reading and the other 2 were completely open. So this thing had been running on 1 glow plug.
After installing them the unit...
Only in office buildings….at least when i was still wiring commercial and residential. But the law did change a few years ago that required a neutral wire run to all switch locations in residential wirings…. In preparation for future occupancy sensor installs.
But those switches tend to shut...
My heat and water heat are gas, but we still used 2117 kwh last month. And no ac in use. I blame the wife. Has tack room heated, running grow lights for her garden starts, had water troughs heated until last month. The amount used this month will be alot less. But having a 4,000 sf house sucks...
Got started on glow plug issue today. It took more time to get the hood off than it took to remove old glow plugs. Kioti doesnt cheap out on the amount of steel used in the hood…..that thing was heavy. Im going to have to call a friend for help reinstalling it.
Used the tip about hot engine and...
My poly windshield got so scratched i could not see thru it. I went with glass replacement. I made my own electric windshield wiper system which did not need to penetrate glass.
Never heard of ceramic paste. Ill look that up. Thank you. I have to wait to tackle this project until after i get done logging the back of my property. Probably will take a month to get to it.
Those buttons more than likely control power to a relay. The relay does the real switching. Relays fail all the time. Need to do some troubleshooting. Just swapping button for toggle wont bypass the relays.
My gate is about 300-400#. Have vinyl fencing.
Used 5x5 x 1/4” tube. I plasma cut the 3 holes and powder coated it white. Looks just like vinyl post.
Made brackets to hold lights also.
Reminds me of the time the wife wanted to save the farm visit cost of a vets visit to check the horses for a health certificate, and askes me to haul all 3 to the vets office. I hit a suicide turkey that launched itself into my f350 grill.
Explosion of feathers. Broken front grill and broken...
They make a tool to push down on the tabs that hold the rails in the posts. Basically 2 flat pieces of steel. This way you can pull out one 8 or 16’ section without having to move all rails.
You can then trim the rail to center it.
Are you trying to add the support for a gate?
I keep 3 sharpened chains with me while cutting. After the 3rd is getting dull, i sharpen all 3 in prep for next cutting. Doesnt take too long. Also, good to blow out all gunk in saw and clean air filters while im at it. This unit brings chains up to like new conditions.
I made the mistake of getting my wife quilting lessons for a Christmas present. Its the gift that keeps on giving.
Shes converted half the basement to quilt room. Long arm machine plus 2 other sewing machines. Took over entire wall cabinet for material storage.
Converted my air hocky table to...
I needed a grapple to help take care of an area logged for new power pines. County logged a 660’ x 15’ section of my back property. Lots of trees and branches to get rid of. I was looking at the 60” grapple thinking i didnt need one as long as my bucket, but ended up with a 72” one as they had...
My Oregon electric sharpener works fast and makes a sharp chain when done. Cant tell the difference from new factory chain. I control the bite, so i barely takes off any metal.
Not sure how it works in your part of the country, but here in N. Idaho the off road and standard #2 diesel flows from same tank. They have an inline dye system to add color during delivery.
I-used to do that when i lived in Montana in the 1980’s.
Todays modern diesel fuels, at least in the pacific northwest, have a winter blend at the pumps. I hold off refueling my storage tank that i use for winter snow plowing until winter blends arrives at the stations.
Ive never had gelling...
We have kerosene, off road, ethanol free, and standard #2 diesel pumps here in N. Idaho , along with standard ethanol blended fuels.
Kerosene is crazy expensive.
My kioti came with a stereo, and the AM band picks up nothing. Never has. I broke the antenna off several years ago, and the FM still works great. But, i never listen to AM much.
Man, ive always wanted an excavator…. That, or a WWII Era tank. The wife has said no to either.
I even offered to convert the tank into a snow plow. She wont go for it.
But really, i would love to get an excavator in the 12,000 # range. Just for root removals would be great.
Another of my...
I also just ran a set of hoses from rear remote up front. I installed a set of parker disconnects between tractor and loader to facilitate loader removal. I also fabricated an extension handle from my rear remote handle to extend alongside loader controls. Very easy to use this setup for snow...
You can also just call a local water/power line locating service in your area. Ive hired a company several times over the years to find location of dead direct buried power lines. They have always located the exact location of the break, even telling me how deep. Their equipment is way more...
Mine is same way. Way back when water was at 5’ deep, than 2 feed of fill, than elect, phone placed at opposite side of water trench. Makes for easy locates. Its how everyone did it back then. Current laws require 5 foot separation minimum. This actually makes more sense if you ever had to...
Ya, ive never had luck getting them to locate owner supplied lines, but my neighbor can sweet talk anybody. They came to his house and located EVERYTHING.
Me , i own my own locater.
Our power company cut down a path of our trees about 650’ x 15’ that would encroach on new power lines. They were nice enough to limb them all up and mulch the limbs. Lots of trees down.
Broke down and purchased a 72” grapple from Kioti. Made my life way easier that the way i usually move the...
the cat loves the dog. could care less. me, i get annoyed when dog sticks snout under my leg and throws my leg out of the way looking for treat. Once she learns something she never forgets. when i do laundry she runs and sits next to washer and dryer. if a clothes item falls, she picks it up and...
ohmed them out. 1 is defiantly bad, another is marginal. other 2 ok.
but ill just replace all 4 while im at it. there 15 years old anyways.
checked relay and the display module is sending the signal for relay to close. the power from the 60 amp fuse is traveling thru to glow plugs. after...
the old time Onan generators were all USA manufactured and assembled. then they sold out to Cummins. After that sale, it became harder and harder to get parts for the older Onans. i had a great cast iron 7KW workhorse Onan that was bullet proof...up until the sale. than parts became real hard to...
just last week our electric utility came onto my property and cut all trees within 15 ft of the power lines. its ok by me, i wouldnt want a tree to fall on lines. they limbed them all up and left the wood on my side of the fence. they took all the branches. i now have 3-4 years of...
I have 20 acres of trees, and my trees or neighbors trees are always falling across fence lines. We each clear our side of the fence. Never been an issue. I usually repair the fence if needed. Its only field fence so not hard to fix.
Its cheep to clear, would never think of contacting insurance...
Be careful what you wish for. My wife thought it would be fun to hide the dogs treats. Now, everytime she comes indoors, the dog is sticking head under cushions, floor mats, even the cat (i hid a treat under the cat once) looking for her treats.
In 2006 it was purchased by some entity…possibly a holding group. And reorganized. New management, new goals, etc.
I forget what percentage of the home standby market it holds..it used to be 90%.
Ive sold and installed kohler, some B&Stratton, and cummins. There all about the same in...
Ive visited the manufacturing facilities. They make their own engines used in the standby units. They make their own rotors and stators. These are all back east. The portable generator engines are mostly made in Vietnam and china. There are a few models made in the USA. Its the home standby, air...
As i said earlier, older generacs used chinese made parts. After generac was purchased by its new owners quite a few years ago, they remade the company. Now they have a company back east that manufactures their rotors and stators. And another company in usa that manufactures the engines. They...
Gee, this is the exact same thing im using. I currently hace 1650 hours on mine. Just did the service last week. Washed and waxed the tractor also. Still looks new
This is a tough call…. My dealer said i should stick with 90 weight gear oil instead of transmission oil. Said it will prevent seal leak better.
I never know whos more correct.
Ive traced a glow plug issue to a bad plug. I desided to replace all 4….. once one goes….
I ordered 4 new ones, but cant find the proper torque requirements, and/or weather i need to use a sealant.
Its for my 2010 DK45HSE
Thanks for any help. I cant find the info in the service manual.
Not so, dayton has manufacturing facilities in usa. Mind you, i dont think dayton makes generators. There big into motors, drill presses, etc. Grainger bought dayton drill press operations in the 1990’s.
Problem is, even if something is made in USA, it will almost always have foreign sourced parts. Just how it has been for a long time. Not every item needed for a product is made in the USA.
Me, i NEVER shop at walmart. Cant stand the place.
some of Generac’s portable generators are made in usa, some in china. Hard to figure out which is which. Some older generac whole house standbys used chinese made rotor and stators which failed alot. This is why generac started making their own. I see very few failures with usa made ones.
My black lab is the same. Knows each of her toys by name. I can ask her to get the black bone and she will pick thru her toy basket and bring me the black bone. I ask her to bring me her dish, she will blast off to the kitchen and return with her dish
When i do a trash run, her job is to bring...
The only problem with really old refers…..they SUCK electricity. And suck it bad. I’ve placed a demand meter on many old units to show their owners why their electrical bills are so high. A new refer takes a fraction of the power to operate.
I just serviced and wash/waxed my 2010 dk45 last Tuesday. It still looks fairly new even with 1650 hours. Thats why i keep it under a lean too. The sun just destroys the paints.
I made the mistake of covering a 2 horse trailer with a custom cover. Once i removed the cover i found lots of mouse nests under cover, all screens in trailer eaten away and the think smelled of mouse pee for a long, long time.
Ac units started to be added to homes in the 1960’s. I know, cause my dad had a house built in calif in 1960’s with ac. House had 100 amp panel with Sylvania breakers as i recall
My friend bought one of these chinese side by sides, had to replace heads one time under warranty…..took something like 6 weeks in shop. The new heads are shot now, and hes shopping for a kawasaki mule.
Holy hell. Still glad i moved out of there 30 years ago. I have a 4000 sf house now here in idaho. I refuse to say what I paid to build it 30 years ago…..but it wasnt much. Mind you i did most of the work myself.
Flat face allow more flow, thats why they are used. But they are a PITA to connect. Thats why i use the attachment tool for past few years.
https://www.branchmanagerusa.com/product/qc-mate-hydraulic-coupler-clamp/
I just use my NOCO Genius10 battery charger that has a 12v supply option. But yours is pretty cool. Those printers are pretty cool. But id add a fuse to protect battery from shorting out
There are a heck of alot of homes with working knob and tube wiring. They are mostly #10 wire that ive found. Way back when they didnt use much amps.
Very much so a fire hazard. For years now most insurance companies wont insure a house with knob and tube….if its found.
Things have changed since the time i was loking at the kubota and the kioti side by sides. Both were super noisy. And at the decibel level that ate my brain.
Ha…reminds me when my wife wanted me to buy an enclosed tractor so i wouldnt be assaulted by the weather while working. Afterwards she wanted a new 5th wheel horse trailer……..
I kinda remember them old boxes when digital signals kicked in….. ut i just junked the old tvs myself. I love the flat screens. My old 19” crt tv weighed like a hundred pounds.
My kawasaki has a 2 cylinder gas, liquid cooled engine with power steering. Its not very noisy at all. I didnt like the diesel side by sides as they were quite loud. I work along side horses in fields.
What..l built my house in 1996. All my Milgard vinyl windows still work, and look, as good as new. I had to replace glazing in 2 windows where lawn mower shot a rock thru….but thats all.
I was once called in for service on a owner built house where bath outlet wasnt working. Opening the outlet up, i found that the house wiring was done with lamp cord…at least at this point. I packed up my tools and left. Im not touching that. I told owner my insurance would not allow me to touch...
Thats weird. My GE Monogram built in 48” refrigerator/freezer was purchased in 1998, still going strong. I had to replace a stand alone GE Freezer 2 years ago. It wad purchased at same time as the refer. The only appliances i seem to go thru are washers and dryers.
My powerpack is ONLY used during winter for snow blower. Do not use a powered cooler. The cold weather cools it nicely. If i used it during summer, i would add a cooler. I use a 20 weight low viscosity hydraulic oil as per manufacturer. All lined are 3/4” with flat face couplers.
I lucked out. My first and only house was the one my wife and i built ourselves on the 30 acres i own in idaho. I built in in 1996, so its turn of the century…..
Ive been in construction a long time before building my own home, and its built very well. Very few issues over the years.
Mind you...
On my kioti, the fuel solenoid wasnt operating. It turned out that the relay that supplied power to the solenoid wasnt working. Im not sure how your particular unit is set up. Also on most tractors, a seat or clutch switch could affect fuel shutdown. You should check all the safety switches.
I was real skeptical about the quality of the harbor freight refrigerated air dryer, but its worked flawlessly for many, many years. I have a secondary paper water trap after dryer, and ive never had to change it since installing the dryer. That thing removes 100% of the water.
I just pay someone to haul and stack my horse hay. I did it myself for too many years. Now, its easier to pay some younger guys to do it. Our Fjords only get grass hay. Alfalfa hay is way too hot for them. Alot cheeper to keep than my arab and quarter horse that lived on alfalfa.
I bought a used kawasaki mule 4010 back in 2018. Its a 2012 manufactured unit. Has been flawless. Amazing machine. We use it on our 30 acres. Not used off of property. Not a fast machine, but didnt need that. I needed and wanted a workhorse for the property. Has not let me down.
Me, im a firm believer in refrigerated air dryer, but i have a plasma cutter bench in my shop. If it wasnt for this, id proboibly just use a system like your describing.
I just ordered a new 60” grapple for my tractor. Its a Kioti branded unit from Jordan Tractor. I looked at quite a few others, and they were way too overbuilt for my tractor. I dont need an 1100# grapple thats designed for a skid steer. This one is well built but only weight 285#. My tractor can...
Not only are you supposed to drain a water heater regularly, they need the anode rods checked and replaced, unless you install an electronic anode. I replaced the crappy drain valves with a full port drain. This allows for full water pressure to evacuate all sludge build up in water heater. On...
This is my so called barn cat. She insists on being out in barn all day, but has finally agreed to come indoors at night. Gets along with house cat and my dog. Had her chipped and spayed. Have chip operated cat door in tackroom to allow her to have some safety if she stays out all night.
No...
Ive had an ro filter under kit sink for 15+ years. I swap out filters every 2 years. The unit included a selftest indicator thattells when to change filters. There not that expensive. That water is only used for drinking. Bottled water in some cases simply comes out of a tap. Some out of...
One thing i have noticed is 12 g extension cords tend to be downrated to 15 amps once they reach 50 feet and over. If you notice the HUGE 20 amp 100ft extension cords used on construction sites, they have different, thicker insulation materials and have real 20 amp receptacle ends. Not ment to...
I have a cord reel at each end of my shop on the wall. The one by the door for outside work and the other on the far wall for occasional use. My shop has wall outlets all over the place….and i mean all over.
The one on the far wall used to be located at the roll up front door . But it was a...
Do your neighbors have the same issues? Maybe you need a relocated or deeper well. Being texas…..i just think about fracking and oil well waste products. I lived in lubbock for 2 years.
glad you got it repaired. i dont use my nail guns as much as i used do when in construction. i occasionally get them all out and oil them and shoot a few nails. hopefully they will work when called upon in the future.
Ha, did the same thing with my access points. There still there, and still work, i let guest access them when we have gathering outdoors. I set them to have limited guest access. What surprises me is, im 67 yo and can figure this crap out.
Spent the best part of the day out harrowing the horse pasture and my trails thru the woods….that is until i lost the lower link pin on the 3 point hitch.
And of course its a special designed pin. Dead end with a side plate and bolt. Couldnt just be a standard hitch pin.
No way im going to go...
I tried and didnt like the outdoor access points due to dropped calls when they switched to different accounts. I just recently swapped everything to mesh network. Added a mesh in back half of house, plus one in shop 300’ from house and barn about 200 feet from house. A MAJOR upgrade. Now i no...
I also had the guy at pintsize.me add me to his cloud, so now i can monitor mine from anywheres theres cell reception. Its like $10/year. I figured ill try it out for a year, see if i use it much.
I had the guy that builds these things preload mine….so it was plug and play. But i do love it. I ended up changing mine to an ethernet cable due to poor wifi reception out by generator, but that was also plug and play.
What popgadget says…… they also have a low thd so work great with electronics overall. When mines operating during power outage, nothing flickers or moans. Hard to tell im not on utility power.
My 3rd generation starlink modem is set to route traffic thru to my existing wifi mesh network. I did this so i could have option of 3 separate levels of wifi. I have a guest wifi that cant access my home network, i have an IoT network for things like garage door openers and yolink hub, and the...
I would use the front loader to crush the old barrel, than take to metal scrap bin. But my burn barrel is 5 years old…still going strong. Holes drilled in bottom, and i turn it upside down in winter. Nit rusting.
It keeps changing. Sometimes slower (80) but other times 250.
But still nice and fast
Cant wait until i get 400 up and 400 down fiber later this year.
Here is current
I added 2 jackshaft liftmaster openers on my carriage barn roll up doors last winter. Got tired of manually opening the doors over the years. Man, its sweet to just push a button.
So when its fully down, there isnt a bar and spring assist?
Im not sure this is something that can just be added, ive never seen a roll up door without one
No it does not. We update our policy every other year. They are constantly upping the value to replace every time adjusted for inflation. Heck, this years policy shows the base dwelling replacement value is 4 times what it was 10 years ago.
If you dont update this occasionally, you wont be...
I gave up on chemicals years ago. Now days i simply scrape all weeds with bucket and regrade areas taken over by weeds. Works just ad well as chemicals.
Ya, my log splitter valve has built in detent. But i have to manually stop it from fully retracting as the splits i do are 16” long and the ram is 24”. Dont want to waste time fully retracting.
Not the way i split wood. I cut trees into 6 foot lengths and haul them to my splitting area for stacking on forks. There, i cut everything into rounds and pile. I back tractor into piles to split and pile split wood to dry during summer. Can tarp if raining. I dont split huge amounts of wood.
We added a dog room with bathtub to my utility room. Its something like 8’x10’ or so. My dog paid for it…..with sale of puppies.
Heated, window for air, includes a mini man …er… dog door to garage. The dog door is weatherstriped, has threshold and lock.
Wife went nuts painting and decorating...
The splitter uses very little flow, as they dont move fast. I wouldnt worry about anything. Alot of portable splitters run on 8 hp motors running small hydraulic pumps. My home made splitter runs off my 45hp kioti using 1/2” hydraulic lines. Fast enough for me that i still have all my fingers.
A commercial unit… id love to get one myself. Until i saw the $30k up prices for a decent used one….
I bought a pto unit years ago. 6” max. Works great, but slow.
I only use the (simpson)Titan HD screw in anchors. Heck, they hold up the shelving of most pallet racking systems ive seen installed. But your right, there not ment to be continually removed and reinstalled in same hole. I use these to set generators to base concrete also.
Ya, i can see that. I have a new f150. But i probably wont be towing much with that truck. Heck, i had to install air suspension just to support the bed slide with my generator repair equipment.
i pull with a diesel F350, and i can honestly say ive only had one time with the truck acting squirrelly, and that was that time i had to load tractor backwards with generator at rear of trailer. every other time loading and hauling, ive never seen any issued if tractor was moved a few inches...