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After owning our rural land for 7 years my wife and I finally moved into our new house in South Central Wisconsin this past July. This is our first winter here and in the past two weeks we've started to see Coyotes coming quite close to the house (within 50 feet this morning). There's still a...

Hi, Me again. I'm debating Concrete Foundation Steel Reinforcement Requirements with my builder. Using the sources below I contend that in Wisconsin horizontal reinforcing steel in the form of multiple, continuous #4 bars is required within 24" of the top of the wall, within 24" of the bottom...

Hi, Please see the pictures below of my new foundation. How should I feel about the Jump Footings pictured there with regard to the short section of unsupported wall? How should I feel about them if I find there's no rebar in there? Thanks.

Hi, Please see below for two pictures of the bottom of my L4240 with an LA854 loader with a Third Function Valve. Coming from the main hydraulic fluid drain plug location is a hose leading back to either the third function valve solenoid or the loader. There was an official looking heavy...

Hi, My wife and I are in the process of looking for a firm to build a 3,000 square foot single story house on our land. Our design isn't very complex and we don't want Sub Zero, Wolf, custom cabinets, central vacuum, home automation, whole home audio or any of the other stuff you see in...

Tonight there was a story by Steve Hartman on the CBS Evening News, part of his "On The Road" series, about Jason Brown, a former NFL player who decided to leave football and become a farmer. During the spot Jason says he learned about farming by watching YouTube videos. At that point in the...

Hi, I recently gave my Lincoln SP175+ to my Dad for his shop on his farm. I'm looking for a replacement with the following characteristics: - 200-250 amps. - Inverter machine (I weld in my basement in the winter and can't lug a 100+ pound transformer machine up and down the basement stairs by...

Hi, Somehow my Dad acquired the welder in the attached picture. It has a NEMA 10-50P (two hots and a neutral) on it which 1) I understand is no longer in use and 2) we don't have a receptacle for. Does the community think I can just replace this plug with a NEMA 6-50P (two hots and a ground)...

Hi, I'm soliciting bids for a new gravel driveway and I'm getting wildly different proposals. Attached is a diagram that details what I want and a materials spreadsheet that I believe reflects the required materials. I know a site visit would be required for an accurate proposal but what...

Hi, I'm looking at building a house with a modern appearance, exposed metal beams, lots of windows, not many walls, etc. For the long clear spans I'd like to have it seems like steel would be ideal/required. I've been looking at steel residential home construction websites and I'm surprised...

Hi, Recently my L4240 started producing about a half minute of white smoke with a stumbling idle on a cold start. See below for a video. This has happened consistently on the last four or five starts. I turn the key and the glow plug relay makes a nice snap. I wait until the glow plug light...

Hi all, Back in October I ordered a 7 foot "Landscape Rake 2.0" from Everything Attachments. My first use was to prepare a section of a field that had been used to grow soybeans so that I could plant grass. I needed to remove the soybean debris and move a little dirt around to smooth the...

Hello, I have recently purchased a Danuser EP6 Hydraulic Post Hole Digger that I'll be using with my Kubota L4240 on my LA854 loader on a quick attach mount. I have two sets of rear hydraulics with float valves. I also have the third function valve on my loader. I'm told I should run the...