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Slow but steady progress... If you look close. you can see the plastic is in place for the large skylight in the back wall We are painting siding again and should have the back wall finished this weekend. Time to start looking at the north wall.

Plan B cleared the siding, but only by about 1/16". On to plan C.... Ended up extending the build-out by 6" and adding another 1x6 over the top. Everything glued and screwed. Finally, the door hangs properly. Here are some pix... Now I can start rebuilding the track for the big door. I...

That's very close to how my setup started. Two Linksys wireless routers and a Linksys wireless access point. Now I'm using all access points with management. The funny part is that the price isn't much different.

It seems as if many rural individuals have issues with computer networking. I was asked in a thread to try to expand on how some areas of networking function. I thought I would start this thread and invite others to participate in helping to broaden the understanding on networking for those...

Here are some close-up pix of the track for the door.

And finally, it's time to start framing walls again.

I suppose it's time to update this thread with some new pix... Finished all but one wall foundation that I don't know what I want to do with it yet and Mucked out the floor down to good material this spring.

Update time.... DONE POARING CONCRETE!!!!!!!!!! Approximate total......... Drum role please......... 70,000 lbs.:shocked: All from 60lb bags.:duh: Here's some pix:

Been having some issues with the starting circuit on my John Deere 2240 tractor. Here's a little background: Bought it used about 1-1/2 years ago and it had issues when I bought it. I've found a lot of corrosion in all the wiring connections and the harness wiring is old and brittle. I've...

We had the commercial roll-up fire door at our shop replaced last week and the contractor we used let me have the old door for my barn. If anyone has experiance with these doors, I have a few questions. 1) Is there a way to purchase more door material and make the door taller? 2) If not, can...

Anyone know anything about them? Quality? Parts availability?

I just did some serious pushing with my tractor last night. Trying to put a tri-axle trailer with 15K# of hay on it back into the barn through the mud. What I found interesting was that when I really got on the throttle, all the tires would spin and throw mud and rock. I've never heard of a...

Yea, we're pretty wet this year. Most summers, by August, I can dig down 4-5 feet before finding water. Sometimes deeper. Last summer we never really stopped raining. I was lucky to get to 18" without having standing water in the ditch/hole and then fall and winter came again. My son...

I have an older JD2240 diesel tractor. Factory alternator was 33 amp. The factory setup had 3 ~50W lights, 2 flashers, and the guages in the instrument cluster. I'm going to be increasing to 5 ~50W lights, 6 flashers, plus the instrument cluster. My alternator fried Christmas morning and I'm...

Kubota track laoder and backhoe Anyone have any ideas what this unit might be?

The title pretty much states my question. What makes the difference on why a diesel engine requires glow plugs or not? I have an old JD2240 which does not have glow plugs. I've been reading about start times on machines with glow plugs and some talk about taking 5- 10 seconds to start with...

When I got my JD2240 last year it came with a set of duels but no bolts to attach them. I'm getting ready to order the bolts and put on the duels. I have had two thoughts about doing this and was curious of what others thought of my ideas. 1) install both duels facing forward as normal, 2)...

Thanks Ted. A good looking piece to be sure. I'll be in touch with some specific questions and should be ready to buy in a few weeks.

Thanks Ted. I understand the idea of them all looking basically the same. Still it's nice to see what you're buying before actually putting out the cash. Looking forward to seeing the picture.

Do you have a link to a picture so I can look at it? Thanks,

Thanks. I have one I've been considering, but since Ted pays to advertise on TBN I thought I'd give him a shot before buying. Looked on their site, but didn't see anything which is why I posted it for his response. Thought I might have just been missing it.

OK Ted. Here's my issue. I have a JD2240 with a JD145 loader. I want to change it to quick attach. What can you do for me?

Our new fridge with ice maker arrived this morning. We have never had an ice maker before. I ran the plumbing for it on Thursday while I was off for the holiday to be ready for the new delivery. Taped it from under the sink and ran it under the house to the other side of the kitchen. No...

Well, I tore into the generator today. What a pain in the rear. I started by taking readings on the brush contacts for the rotor. Spec calls for 50-75 ohms. At the brush contacts it read 549 ohms. The book then calls to remove the brushes and take readings on the slip plates for the...

Hi Eddie, Thanks for the kind remarks. Looking at the pix, I think I'm going to need to get some more current ones. It seems that I've done more than I thought I had since the last pix were taken.:laughing: This pic is the front of the barn. The center area you see is 14 feet to the botom...

I'm on call for work this week and was called out at 0745 this morning for a dark traffic signal. This type of call is almost always related to a power outage. None the less, I have to check it out. When I arrived at the intersection, the signal was indeed dark. I was suprised when I opened...

My barn conversion/rebuild project keeps coming up in conversations, so I decided to start a thread about it. 20-25 years ago, I used to raise ornimental phesants and built a 42x36 foot barn for doing so. We got out of the phesants about 15 years ago and started raising cattle 11 years ago...

Lately when I've been at the farm and working near the well house, I've noticed that the booster pump was kicking on for 1-2 seconds every minute or so. We have a couple of faucets which drip. I dug into it today to figure out and fix the problem before the pump burns out and found that all...

We went to the county fair today and got to see some pretty nice old tractors. Too bad I didn't have my good camera with me, but I got what pix I could with my cell phone.

The barn's looking great.:thumbsup: I have a barn, origionally built for phesants, which I've slowly been rebuilding into a cattle barn. Basically a full rebuild including posts. 42 wide x 36 long. I can appreciate the work involved. I'm envious of the concrete involved in your project. I...

I stopped by the JD dealer on a Sunday just to look while we were on vacation last May. My wife walked over to a rather large tiller and said "I want this one!". Then she started looking at the tractors. :confused2::ashamed::confused2:

Lot's to see and do here. We live 20 miles out of Seattle. If interested, send me a PM before you come and we can help you to set some stuff up.:thumbsup: The Pike Place Market (mentioned above) is a must see. I also recommend a tour of underground Seattle and to visit the Space Needle. A...

Sure they do... ...baby crickets!:thumbsup: Trying to get a pic in focus of the little scorpions was tough. Finally got one in focus.:thumbsup: As soon as the flash went off, he zipped into their cave. Man those little ones are fast.

We don't have wild loose scoprions here in Western Washington, but back in May when we went camping in Eastern Washington, my daughter found and caught one. We brought it home and put it in a terarium. A few weeks ago, it had 11 babies (each about 1/4" long). Now we have an even...

We talked things over and came to a concensus that this was to be the 1st ANNUAL PNW TBN Picnic. From those of us who were able to attend this year, we would like everyone to know that you missed a great picnic and hope that you can make it next year.:thumbsup: Personnaly, I hope it's actually...

We had a great time with socializing and getting to know each other. Including RadarTech (J and family) and Polo1665 (Mark and family) at their remote locations, we had six families attending.:thumbsup: There was lots of great food. and everyone got into the meal. Dennis thought the corn...

We fired off the grill around 4:30 and got the steaks and corn going. Now this is grillin' steaks!:thumbsup:

The final arrival was my partner both at work and here on the farm. Jeff and his wife Andi.

Next to arrive was TBN member Denwa, Dennis and his wife Karen.

The first to arrive was Per (pronounced Pear) and his wife Tess. Per is TBN member AKKAMAAN (said Ah_come_on). Learned this today.:thumbsup:

OK, need some help here guys. I've got an EX5500 which went through a fire about 11 years ago. Actually, the exhaust caught the wall on fire and the heat scorched the paint on the area near the muffler and over the fuel tank. After the fire, the generator ran great, but the power wasn't...

Thanks everyone for your responses. Had some 2" sched 40 steel pipe for fence posts to move out of the driveway. Sure like the receiver I bought for the 3PH. I don't have to fight with my wife any more to get the pickup.:laughing: Got the weed eating on the main drive done yesterday. Looks...

Received my repaired spool in the mail today. Nice repair job.:thumbsup: Now I just have to find time to get the valve put back together.:laughing:

Someone suggested a thread be started on flags and flag poles. Here's mine. It's about 43 feet and I usually fly an 8x12 flag on it, but due to budget constraints I had to go with a 5x8 this year.:( Now let's see yours.:thumbsup:

I don't really trust their autopilot out at the street.:laughing: But if you check the pen inside the fence, minus the thistle, you will see they do a pretty good job. The area on the left is open to the drive and doesnt get animals. The area on the right has never seen a mower other than the...

Time to start thinking about a TNT for my tractor as well as possibly replacing the valve assembly for my loader. I have a JD 2240 tractor with a CC hydraulic system. My pump supplies 9GPM at 2200-2300PSI (per the tech manual). The first thing I am going to look at is the loader valve. Here...

Weeds???:confused: You don't have weeds. This is having weeds.:laughing: The strawberries are doing well though.

Re: *** Official TBN Messy Yard Contest *** Win a Black & Decker String Trimmer *** Just got home from the farm. Here's some before and during comparisons on the mowing. Keep in mind, it's only been three days. Here are a couple from the front entry. I still have to do something...

Ted, I was looking at your site and noticed that your 'Construction Attachments 42" Compact Pallet Forks' are on back order. Any idea when these may be back in stock?

Well, it seems to be time to updeate this thread. I got the mower working well just in time to break it.:mad: I mowed a strip along my drainage ditch and pulled the mower in to turn around and go back to make another pass. When I did I smacked the valve assembly with the mower head. No...

Well..... ....Here's the tractor and tiller my wife said she wanted for the garden.:laughing: I'm told this was a 60" tiller when they put it out.:laughing:

:thumbsup::thumbsup: What's unusual about critters in the living room on a farm?

Well, I got lucky. After removing the 3PH housing and fishing around for about 3 minutes with the magnet, I hooked the socket. I think the gasket will end up being OK, but time will tell. Here's a picture of the socket hanging from the magnet as it was being pulled out. The last few parts...

Time will tell. I hope I can salvage the gasket, or it will be around a week to get a new one. I'll know more tomorrow. I have to run to a friends place in the morning to borrow his engine hoist again. Then remove the seat and 3PH cover, then I get to start looking for the socket. I just...

3PH LIFT LINKS I received the new upper shaft for the left lift link today. The difference between the old and new where the ball installs in incredible. I don't think I'll have to tell you which is which.:laughing: Pix below. If you look closely at the picture of the new one, you will see...

Finished disassembly tonight. Both the pressure and relief valves had the outer O-rings missing on the valve end caps, but I'm getting ahead of myself. I found that I could depress the valve end cap with nothing more than just a small socket and my thumb, then use the pick to remove the snap...

3PH PISTON REMOVAL AND DISASSEMBLY Tonight I removed the piston housing and piston from the 3PH housing. I then began disassembly of the valve assembly. Where the valve assembly is held into the piston housing the tech manual says to remove the snap rings. These snap rings are a "C"...

3PH COVER REMOVAL The next step was to remove the 3PH cover. This requires stripping off the seat and using compressed air to remove all loose dirt from the area. After removing the bolts, the cover would not budge so I had to get resourseful as to how to break the seal loose and lift the...

The next issue, also with the left lift link, is that the upper ball will no longer stay in its socket. In the first pic, the ball will lift right out of its socket. From looking at it previously, I had thought that there should have been a bead of weld to retain the ball within the socket...

My 3PH has had problems since I bought my tractor last fall. Sometimes it works like it should and at others, the only way to raise or lower it is by changing the setting on the ROD control. The other issue it has is that it drops immeadiately when the tractor is turned off indicating that it...

I was working on the tractor today and did something really really dumb. The lower end of the left lift arm has been bent and spread since I bought the tractor. Today I pulled it off and decided to take a 3# sledge and tap the bend out of it. First hit with the hammer broke the end off of it...

Good morning Alan, Didn't mean to be insultive. I've got a couple pieces of equipment that every time I go to try to work on them, I find that something has been modified from stock to make a repair in the past and it drives me nuts trying to figure out what they did so that I can fix it...

It's been so cold and wet here that nothing wants to grow except weeds. Here are some pix of our garden from tonight. All of these plants are three weeks old. Things started to sprout and then just stopped. The pix are garlic, radishes, corn, and peas. We only had three peas even sprout.

Here are a couple of pix of mine.

Here are the pix I promised. These two are of the outside of the tank and the corner where the paint was scorched. If you notice in the first pic, the bottom of the tank inside looks really good. When I stick my finger into the smaller hole (fuel guage) and feel the top of the tank there is...

I've heard of steel fuel tanks being refurbished by washing the inside with a fluid which strips it clean and then using another compond/fluid which coats and seals it. Does anyone know anything about this process? TIA for any info.

I agree, time to trade weather. If I remember correctly, I told you a while back that I was sending the sun your way. Time to give it back now. I have to keep up on the mowing. Not an option. If I don't, then it begins to short out the electric fence and then I have cattle running loose...

We were out and about away from home and stopped by a John Deere dealer to take a peek and here are some of what we saw.

I would swear he said it was for the wife. Something about Mothers Day.

I had a problem develop over the winter where I began having water running across one of my driveways. The water was comming from a small overgrown pen by the drive which hasn't been used in several years. I have a drainage ditch which flows under one driveway and then runs behind a building...

Anyone have suggestions on how to can corn as whole curnel (sp?) rather than cream corn? How do you remove it from the cob and process it for canning?

Is there a way to edit the name of a thread I started?

I'm looking to host a potluck picnic for TBN members in the PNW at my 17 acre farm in Woodinville, Washington. I have two cows scheduled for butcher on May 15th of which I plan to hold back a 1/2 beef for the picnic. Beyond that it will be a potluck. Current thoughts are for mid August. I...

My question for play in the blade wasn't for side-to-side movement, but rather tilt side-to-side. In other words, if you were to put a block under one end of the blade and lower it, how much would it angle before the block supported the full weight? I found most of my problems tonight I think...

I have a used JD 65 (8ft) rear blade which I have only tried to use a couple of times in the few months I've had it. As I have been reading various threads, I have seen rear blades which will roll a full blade of material while being used. Mine pretty much just slides over the surface taking...

I have an older John Deere tractor which I bought used. When I received it the tach was non-functional.:( A new one through Deere was nearly $1200.:confused2: I spent some time searching the web and found a company called Southern Electronics http://southernelectronics.com/ in Virginia who...

Shortly after I bought my tractor, I bought a used JD Model 90 Boom Flail Mower. The previous owner had bought new control cables for it, but never installed them to the mower. The cables were already connected to the control lever assembly. The control levers move freely when not connected...

I was reading in another thread, when the topic of wells came up. This reminded me that a while back I had been looking for a way to monitor the water depth in my well and never found anything to do what I wanted. I have a 350ft well shaft, which when finished, the water stabilized 13ft below...

OK, this is for all you knowledgable folks out there who have been playing with hydraulics since before there was dirt. I'm eventually going to be adding rear hydraulics to my 2240 tractor with CC hydraulics. I figured it was time to begin looking at valves to see what I will need. There are...

It's weird how my mind works. I was just looking at the ads at the top of the page while waiting for the link I had just clicked to update, and saw the various bucket types. Then I had a thought. What if you took a 4-in-1 bucket, put a tooth bar on it, and then installed a grapple? Anyone...

My power steering is a closed center CC system. Does this mean that the rest of the system has to be CC? Or are some systems hybred using both CC and OC?

I have a JD 2240 tractor for which I'm rebuilding the power steering. I've had it posted in the repair section. http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/parts-repairs/157149-2240-steering-rebuild.html Someone over there suggested that I pose the question in the hydraulics section for ideas on how...

The battery area in the used tractor I bought is nearly rusted through. I'm going to have a shop I know refabricate the bottom for it since John Deere wants $1210.00 for a new one. I'm considering having the bottom where the batteries sit Rhino lined after the refab is complete. Anyone have...

What is the difference between a finish mower and a brush hog and how do you tell them apart?

Has any body ever torn the steering column out of a 2240 and rebuilt it? I just bought a used JD 2240 with three major problems for me to fix. The first one is done and now it's time for the steering problem. I have about a full wheel turn of play in the steering. When I took a close look...

I just bought my first tractor. It's a John Deere 2240. I hooked a 8ft black blade on it and raised it up to go and grade the driveway. When I lower the control lever it take about five minutes for the 3 point to lower. Anybody have any suggestions besides ordering an operators manual?

I just bought my first tractor. It's a John Deere 2240. I hooked a 8ft black blade on it and raised it up to go and grade the driveway. When I lower the control lever it take about five minutes for the 3 point to lower. Anybody have any suggestions besides ordering an operators manual?