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My neighbor across the road got a lung transplant he was waiting for for some time. His lungs were scared and hardened most likely due to exposure to dust during his life time work at construction sites. The surgery went well and he is recovering nicely. My other neighbor on the north side got...

I have a Lincoln 255 MIG. It started to sputter once a while. I removed the rollers but found them more or less clean and in good order. Checked all the connections etc. and found no issues. Then I looked at the cable and it occurred to me that was the culprit. It had all kind of convoluted...

I got a viral ear infection about three months ago. I was completely deaf on right ear for about two months. My hearing recovered to large degree in both ears but it is not the same as before. I hear people talking but I don't understand everything I hear. My wife is type A with patience...

While working in Texas I had mild flu symptoms about three weeks ago. Had runny nose, sneezing and coughing. Bounced back to normal four days later. Two or three days after that I woke up in the morning and had no hearing in my right ear. You need to clean your ear wax I was told. So I went to...

I don't know how some people can change oil without a drop of it on the floor. I don't have the ability or is it a skill? I know a guy who will paint whole house and has no drop of paint on himself or floor. I would be covered. So changing oil and hydraulic fluid is a challenge. Specifically...

We used about 250-300 lb of bird feed last winter. When I saw good deal on bird feed this fall I stacked on about 250 lb to be ready. But so far this winter is is rather different. We used less than 50 lb since November. Our feeders were inundated by birds in the past. This year not so much...

Bad things come in threes. Just walked in the house, sat down to check on TBN when whole house shook like something exploded. So I run to the garage. Nothing obvious there. I run in the shop. Nothing obvious there. While returning back in the house the walk in garage door was locked. When I...

I mushroom hunt since I was a little kid. My mother would send me to the woods to get her fresh mushrooms for soup. We also dried and pickle mushrooms for winter. I stopped mushroom hunting for some time after immigrating to the USA due to having other stuff to worry about. Then we moved to...

I have TYM 330 HST 1 with short of 1200 hours. The tractor was flawless until today. The "go"pedals don't return to neutral. The forward pedal when pressed about halfway will slowly creep toward the floor increasing speed of the tractor. Reverse pedal also doesn't return when pressed but doesn't...

The train goes up, the train goes down: a simple new way to store energy - Vox Just run into it. It seems to me that it is doable even on small farm size scale.

My wife wants a tornado shelter. That is very good reason to acquire plasma cutter and build a CNC table. I would like to build a 4X8 table but can't decide what gantry kit I should buy. I was looking at several brands and have two finalists. Precision Plasma and Dynatorch. Dynatorch doesn't...

We have a chain link fence with two lines of electric fence on the top. While fixing some erosion problem threatening to take our fence I touched one of the lines with my head and got 10000V hit. After I got hit I found myself somewhat disoriented laying in the mud. I clenched my teeth so hard...

I saw six black birds landing on our bird feeder today. I was able to snap just one picture before they flew away. It was about 6F. Are those starlings? Shouldn't they be in Florida by now?

My son is a hunter and would like to increase population of quail and especially pheasant on our property. I looked at commercially available surrogators but it seems to me that 2000 for fancy box is little too high. The place where I would like to place it is not too far from electrical outlet...

I never do. I tell her: "Please make it appear". And she does. I believe women have the power to do so. Works like a charm.

My 11 years old geo compressor shorted to the ground Thursday night and blew the breaker. My guess is new compressor would be about $3500-4000 installed and new complete unit about $6000-6500. Is my guess for 5 ton hydronic unit in ballpark? Should I buy just compressor with short warranty...

It is about 4 years old, does about 2 cycles a day in average per my estimation. There was nothing obvious wrong (burned) on the PC board, the relay was clicking but the motor would just jerk little bit. While troubleshooting it I suspected the relay but determined the motor was shot. Since it...

While driving to the "big city" in fast lane on hwy 5 south of Des Moines we saw a disoriented driver in Dodge Ram going in fast lane in wrong direction. Had to swerve to slow lane to miss him. There was a median crossover he could use to get to the other side of the road but he kept going in...

I have Husqvarna, Echo, McCulloch and Remington electric. All leak bar oil.

I have 5 ft bushhog with blades sharpened numerous times and getting rather worn out. Is there a way to weld on them new edges and if the answer is yes what electrode would you use. I have MIG and AC welding machines.

Just saved myself $150.50 today. I run out of diesel fuel today so I decided to get new supply but our Ford Exhibition 2001 din't start. Did some simple testing and determined that it was bad starter. Specifically the solenoid was not pulling. It took me for a while to dig the starter out out of...

I bought new tires for our mower. The problem I was facing was that the bead was about 2" away from the rim shoulder and I was not able inflate the tire to seat the bead. I tried the trick with butane and WD-40 but nothing worked. The vapors refused to explode. But then I got and idea to use...

Few weeks ago my wife started to complain that right side of the ZTR mower had no power. I changed the drive belts, replaced broken tensioner pulley but the symptoms persisted. I called the dealer for advice and was told that the transaxles are very reliable but that the pump ring might be...

We have a lot of thorny trees on our property. Due to constant issues with flat tires on my wife's mower I pumped some slime in them. The problem went away but it created another this spring. When tried to mow first time this year left side of our mower worked right but the right had no power...

I am officially retired.

I am almost 66 years old. Based on doctor report I am in very good health. I have never been seriously sick until very recently. It is a story about how generally healthy guy can die just few months before retiring. Here it goes. I commission control systems for living. The job requires...

Oficiální stránky Obce Dobrá Voda u Robert Whitehead was shot down and killed at the end of the WW2 near the village where I spent first half of my life. He was buried at the local cemetery but was exhumed by his family and his body was transported to the USA. Nevertheless his grave was...

This discussion started hijacking http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/275598-tractor-backhoe-homemade.html around post #490. Since it could get some legs I started new thread. Please include something about tractors once a while.:laughing:

We have about 32 ac of land I would like to restore prairie on and put it in CRP contract. We would like use 5-10 additional acres for food plots. Currently 32 ac were planted with soy beans. I talked to county biologist and he advised me that the prairie should have fire buffer because it...

I just learned valuable lesson few days back. When our house was new in 2004 we got hit by a lightning that burned every single electronic switch in the house valued at about $1200. Right after that I purchases whole house surge protector and installed it in the breaker panel. Few days back...

I am in process of making dollies for all my implements. I went to HF and bought bunch of casters on sale. My shed is too low to get tractor in without folding ROP so now I just stick the implement in, lower it on the dolly, unhook it and pull it in its parking space.

My wife and I were walking in the timber on back forty and saw this recent damage to the tree caused by lightning strike.

I am computer literate but can't figure out how to edit my signature. I go to My profile where I can edit everything except signature.

I am strongly considering installation of large solar array on our farm in south central Iowa. Here is what I am planning: 1.) Get a loan. That seems to be harder than I thought. Iowa gives interest free loan for 50% of the project provided that the other half is comes from a bank. Since the...

Since we have draught we use pond water to water trees. I put two 55 gal barrels on my single axle trailer and fill them at the hydrant down the pond dam. I position the barrels such a way that the trailer has some weight on the tongue. So far so good. Then I pulled the trailer uphill and since...

While on a business trip I got a call from my wife. She just arrived home pulling a trailer with her Ford Exhibition, stepped on the brake and it just bottomed to the floor. Fortunately it was on flat part of the property so the truck rolled little farther and stopped. When I got home I checked...

It seems to me that there are enough members from Australia/New Zealand and Europe that they deserve to have their own Regional Forums. What do you think?

Friend of mine found this goose on his property looking pretty sick. He gave it some water and started feeding it. After it got healthy it followed him everywhere he went or drove. pet_goose.MOV - YouTube

Some time back I posted a thread about a car accident resulting in injury of a guy who was supposed to harvest my soya beans. http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/safety/222960-wear-your-seat-belts.html So here is the rest of the story. The guy (Randy) is still not doing well. Therefore his...

The building is 36 x 75 x 12 built by Morton Buildings. Construction started late November 2010. It is a retirement project but we decided to finish the inside even before I retire some time at the end of the next year. There is a 14 x 16 guest room, office 14 x 11.5 and half bath. Following...

Wear your seat belts guys. I just learned that the guy who was supposed to harvest my beans got in serious car wreck few nights back. He hit a deer in his Bronco, went to a ditch got thrown out of the car then the car rolled over him. He is alive in a hospital with four broken vertebrae, four...

Picture shows standard (not after market) front heavy duty bumper on our car. You can really hit something (like kangaroo) without damage to the car. It has a mount for a winch able to lift the car from the ground hanging on the bumper. Passenger cars, trucks, buses have similar bumpers.

I am working in Pilbara, Western Australia. Seems to me that the cars have much larger fuel tanks than the US version. First picture shows amount of fuel to top the tank when it was initially only about half full. The second picture shows why. 118 l = 31 gal 632 km = 393 miles

Hi, I am Ladia's wife, Julie. I am writing because someone I know, I am not going to name him, really outdid himself today. In fact, I had to leave because I could not watch him. This man, who I am not going to name, was working on connecting 220 wire from our new shop to the electric company...

Have seen such power unit?

I just completed several small improvements. 1.) Put concrete tiles in section of my shed so I can move my implements on pallets that I am going to build. 2.) Installed wheels to my chipper. Now it is easy to move it around as long as the ground is hard. There is a picture of modification to the...

I just pulled a trigger and ordered new building for a future shop. The building will be 36 X 75 X 12, fully insulated to R12 walls and R35 ceiling. I have about 6 months to decide what type of heating I will use. I like floor heating but the problem is that is has to be ON pretty much all the...

When we built our home about six years ago we needed only building permit and septic installed by licensed installer. There was no inspection of electrical installation or plumbing necessary. They don't even asked question where on property and what type of house we wanted to build. In essence...

We talked to Morton building about building a barn/shop on our property. The building will be fully insulated to R19 walls and R35 ceiling, 5" concrete slab with rebar, fully lined inside with metal, two walk in door, two double pane window, drains for toilet, vanity and floor drain and roll up...

I must have been good lately. My wife bought me Lincoln 255XT MIG today. It is first MIG I have ever owned. So far I used Hobart AC stick I bought new about 22 years ago. I have several small projects and one big one planned. The big one is a tornado shelter bolted to the slab in the corner of...

The chipper came in a crate partially disassembled. I followed the instruction and assembled all parts. While attempting to grease all points as per the manual I found that the Chinese zerks are somewhat smaller so alignment of the gun is essential to get grease in instead around. I checked...

I bought Jinma chipper and wanted to lubricate the bearings. Before I did that I removed the zerks and looked inside the hole. There isn't a port in the bearing itself that would allow grease to go inside. Do I need to take it apart and turn the bearing in "holder" to align the port with the zerk.

This accident happened past Saturday (May 1, 2010) on stretch of the road near Moravska Trebova (Czech republic). Audi A3 traveled almost double of the speed limit at 150 kph (93 mph) while the truck traveled 90 kph (56mph). According to the truck driver the guy in the Audi was looking for...

My wife got a chainsaw for birthday. We have about 30 ac of forest. I used to cut and she pulled the branches and stocked the logs. That is hard work. So she got her own chainsaw. She will do the cutting and I will do the hard stuff.

I struggled with attaching my PHD to the tractor but I think I found good and easy method now. I lay the PHD flat with the gearbox supported such a way that end of the top arm will be just about at the height of the top link bracket after the draft links are connected to the draft pins. (Pic 5...

Hay dust is as explosive as gas. Make sure there is not dust in air or preferably wet the area before you strike the arc. I was installing temperature measurement at a grain silo many years back. They hired husband and wife to maintain the silo clean specifically sweep the grain dust. I was...

My tractor developed a leak of hydraulic fluid level sight on the back of the transmission. The dealer gave me new improved part and advised me to park the tractor nose down slope, pull the sight out and press in the new one. There is a slope about 25 deg on side of our driveway so I pointed the...

It just showed up in my email today. http://www.enform.ca/Attachments/safety_Alerts/sa09_12.pdf

I just saw this add on traction wheels in India. The outfit apparently does brisk business. You might see stacks of rims ready to be welded into traction wheels. Looks like every farmer in the area has the dump trailer, rice field plough and traction wheels made by those guys. They make two...

There are several manufacturers of tractors in India but Mahindra is way the most popular. The tracors are very basic two wheel drive but apparently do the work.

I bought homemade BH while ago and used it to dig about half mile of trench. It worked reasonably well in the beginning but then all the cylinders became "soft? When the valve was in neutral I was able to move the cylinder to some degree and when the valve was moved there was a delay before the...

I have two vehicles that require periodical lubrication. Zero turn mover and CUT. When I grease the mover I can easily pul the grease coupler from the zerk, but when I grease the tractor I can't pull the coupler of the zerk unles using brute force acompanied by faul language. The zerks look the...