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I know there have been 500 threads about treating trailer decks already. Most seem to be about useful motor oil; either straight or cut with kerosene, ATF, or diesel. I've got about 5 gal of hydralic fluid sitting in a drain pan, and was just thinking about rolling it on trailer deck, maybe with...

So, been two or three recent threads about specific real estate topics; poor quality online pictures, poor descriptions, I started one about aerial layout maps, ect; so I figured I'd just start a generic real estate thread, focused on rural properties. So, I'll go first; me and wife are doing a...

Got myself in a sketchy situation the other day, and decided, I need to add weight. I normally throw a heavy 6 ft frontier box blade on the back for weight, but was working in the woods where it was pretty tight. Anyway, fronts got pretty buried, and rears just didn't have the traction, so Two...

So, we continue looking for properties, which I've posted several times over the last 3 years about. Wife found one that appears to tick the boxes, and more. It's got a remodeled 3/3.5, 2400 sq ft home, and 10 acres of land, with a small pond. It clearly has 10 acres, per property appraiser, and...

So, kids are wanting to get some ducks, wife said she would prefer to hatch them. Any recommendations on bred for a relatively low maintenance duck, with good laying, and at least decent meat production, without being a absolute feed hog? We have had chickens consistently for 15 years, had...

I noticed this evening that the wild plums in the general area have started flowering, so spring is getting close. We have one particular wild plum over our well, that do to position, bred, whatever, is one of the last around to bloom, and I've always taken it as, once that specific tree blooms...

Any advice for someone wanting to hog hunt public WMA? Gonna go do some scouting, but the WMA I'm headed too, terrain and all look good, large lake, lots of swampy areas, mixed heavy Florida wet woods/swamp, and also planted pines. When I look at the aerials, I'm just not seeing the well defined...

First; how is there not a 'Tools' section of the forum? So, I have a crap ton of mixed, loose sockets, and I'm trying to get more organized. Was gonna pick up a handful of the cheesy steel ones at HF, but while standing in line with like 4 of every size, I dropped one, and several of the clip...

So; on multiple threads, I've kinda spoke well about Vevor tools, so I feel it's only fair... last year around this time, I picked up a Vevor 7x14 metal mini lathe for $280 shipped. Haven't heavily used it, mostly screwing around, turning metal (and wood) into chips, and a mess, but made some...

So, it's almost Christmas, and it seems every company had a $89-129 'complete' mechanics tool kit, with a case/plastic box with drawers. Koboalt, Husky, Craftsman, Vevor, ChannelLok, ect. They all seem to be 200-300 piece sets, but most of the pieces are bs screw drivers bits. Gonna get son a...

So, I'm probably an idiot, and that's OK, but.. My front axle pivot has always been Extremely hard to grease. Thought I got it to take grease at 10 or 20 hr greasing, then at 30 hr, it actually blew my grease gun hose out. It was an old grease gun, and I had a heck of a lot of pressure on...

So, me and wife have been casually looking to upgrade house/property for probably 5 years, and getting a bit beyond casual now. We have lived in same house for almost 17 year, and a Lot has changed. There was no such thing as a buyers agent back then, and now it seems to be the norm. My...

No idea where to drop this question, so, I guess Rural Living... What free program to you guys like to do scale sketches on aerial photo/google/property appraiser PDFs. Back story, looking for property, and found something that checks me and wife's boxes, more or less, we check it out, and...

I broke my old grease gun, trying to force the front axle pivot point to take grease, so I need a new gun. I know everyone js all about their 18V Milwakee and Dewalt cordless, but for a guy that greases every 10 hours, maybe 20 points per month, I'm not dropping $200+ to turn a 5 minute job into...

So, moving over here, a gentleman bought a used machine from a dealer, to discover the Hour meter doesn't work, and possibly the advertised hours are incorrect. Has anyone put together a list of things to check, or an actual checklist for buyers of used equipment? John, with Farmcraft101 did a...

I was just doing some quick searching, looking to see if a compact drill/seeder was available for rent; and ended up on Sunbelt Rentals lawn/garden equipment rental page. Who is renting a wheel barrow for $16/day; or renting a gas can for $3/day? They even had a push mower for like $31 per...

So, for a non-farmer, I kinda know in a really broad term, CPR and Conservation Easements, government or someone pays property owner to not farm/develop for a period of time... I'm looking for 10 or so acres, and have twice seen where a portion of the property was already in a 'conservation...

Might be wrong place, didn't see a 'garden' topic. I know 'someone' used to make/sell a 3 point cat-1 tool bar, that had interchangeable hilling disks, cultivator tines, and some other bolt on stuff. I have no idea who made them, if they still do, and what the impliment was called? I finally...

I just got a 3 in 1 Vevor Mig/Tig/Stick welder, and kinda want to try some Tig. I need some 100% Argon; and have thought about couple options. 1: Order full tank online, looks like 80cf is approx $300 or 125cf is about $350; Buy an empty online, about $50-100 less then above and swap locally...

Anyone used the Kraken Spray foam on the metal panels of a pole barn walls/roof? I have a 16ftx24 ft pole building that has been cobbled together over the coarse of 15 years, that I tried to insulate with 1/2" rigid foam. Like about all pole buildings, there are gaps, and this one is probably...

I've got approximately 1000 lf of fence that needs to get installed. The front 220lf plus about 60 ft on other sides is done; and I used all 4" wood posts, 6.5-7 ft long; with 6-7", 8 ft corner posts, line posts at 12 ft OC. For the sides and back, I had planned on doing 6.5 ft tee posts, with...

I had a 6-7" diameter wood gate post, 8 ft long, 54" out of ground, 42" in ground, with 2 60# bags of concrete, that was allowing my 16 ft gate to sag. Got a 6'6" piece of high pressure 8" steel Gas main pipe; 4-#5 rebar, and 8-60# bags of quikcrete. Welded gate hinges to pipe after pouring...

Son has a 2003 Chevy 1500HD, 2wd; 6.0L Vortec, that recently has had some starting issues. Started as sometimes; it would fire once and immediately die; do that 3 or 4 times; starts up and runs. He says once it's running, never had it die. Now, some times it does the same; some times he gets...

So, I figured I'd post this because I Often hear, common, but bad advice given to teens and young adults; boys especially. Been involved with Boy Scouts from sons 2nd grade, till this Jan (9 year I think); same from teachers, and some of the well-meaning advice given... Go to college to figure...

Anyone notice living with teenage kids is like living with crackheads? One day you notice your Reese Hitch is missing, then see it on son's truck; your tow straps are missing; your jumper cables aren't where you left them.... He's a 'good kid' but I swear about 3 times a day, I want to squeeze...

I just ordered some bucket forks this evening for $85. I dont expect them to be a Good solution, but they are the cheap (and that means fast) solution. I had planned on picking up normal SSQA pallet forks; but wallet got light; and really wanted to start pulling crap out of the woods and hauling...

So I saw locally, on FB Marketplace, a Canadian snow bird renting out his 85hp tractor for a 6 month period for $1750/month, while he lives back up north. Never heard of anyone doing this. I dont know if I think its a clever way to make 12 months of payments off someone's 6 month 'lease', or a...

Late 1970s-early 1980s Kubota L285 with 1065 hours for sale. $2500 OBO in North Central Florida. Runs and operates (battery is dead and need to jump), hydralics and PTO work, tires all hold air, but are fairly dry rotted. Had tractor for 11 years, mowed, box bladed, plowed with homemade single...

So, I've been wanting to upgrade my Kubota L285 2wd gear tractor for a while. Wasn't too serious about it till maybe last 18 months. Kinda talked my self into the idea a sub compact would do, but really wanted something bigger. Then caught a look at the Rural King RK25. Now, what should I be...

I have what I think is a 1976, L285, that I've had for roughly 11 years. The guy I bought it from would buy up the "non running" line at a large local equipment auction, and get them running and resell. Do, needless to say, there's a lot of less then professional repairs. I recently replaced the...

So, I was browsing real estate websites, and found a "custom home" and 10 acres, not too far from me. They included the floor plans. At first, it looked odd, and then I zoomed in, and actually looked at it. The master bed room doesn't have a bathroom, but one of the other bed rooms does. The...

Got an old 12-32 Aluminum jon boat, 12 ft long x 32 inch at bottom, that I picked up for free. Turns out getting title is more money and effort then it's worth, so rather then throw good money after bad, I'm considering picking up a 1436 or possible 1542 Aluminum jon boat. My plan for the...

I am going to have to reshingle my house in the next month (insurance problems) and I am going with a 2nd layer of 3 tab asphalt shingles. Home is roughly 1500 square foot roof area. I want a coil roofing nailer, without breaking the bank. Gun will be used for this roof, and possibly 2 or 3 more...

Wife and I have been casually looking for new house/property for about 2 years now, but going to start getting serious. We have been held back by the difficulty of buying land for a new manufactured or modular home. The bank we found that could finance said Land Only loan was 20% down, max...

So, clearly a odd forum to ask, but this is a very well rounded group of clever folks. Any thoughts on 3d printers? They look like fun, and I think the kids (7,10,15) would like one as a gift, but.. On one hand, you see some clever examples of actually use, making practical gadgets On the other...

So, I kinda hate my self for it, but Im thinking about getting a Tonneau cover for my 2019 Ram 1500. I've had a hard cover that hinged up, on a work truck before, and hated it. I never had the old snap down soft-tarp type covers. Now, I come to realize I want to be able to keep stuff in the bed...

So, I have seen stuff on Facebook, and Next Door, where everyone attacks the idea that if you hit a dog, in the road, and not stop. Now, I get the people making the posts are probably upset, But... If you drove down a rural-rural/residential road, and hit a dog, would; would you stop, and if you...

Archery season is fast approaching here in FL, and I'm planning on upgrading my old recurve crossbow (Inferno Fury Recurve Crossbow Package Three Dot Red Dot Sight Oak) that advertisers 235 FPS with the small 16" arrows that come with it. By the time I use heavier 20" arrows, its probably 220...

I have a 3 year old Husqvarna 128 string trimmer that doesn't run anymore, but really doesn't have that many hours on. I replaced the primer bulb and carb a year ago, used it a few times and won't run more the minute or two now. Thinking about going with a cordless trimmer, like Kobalt 40v or...

I know I had a thread Years ago, but can't find it. I bought a 5×10 Landscape trailer, about 16 years ago, and had it registered legally as a Home Made Trailer (I'm in Florida), for probably 5 years. I can't find any of the paper work, at all, VIN assigned, or anything. Is there a way to look...

Anyone have experience with wire size you can pull in conduit? I've ran 98 LF of 1-1/4" conduit to shed, 3 sweep 90s, 1 sweep 45. I need to run 3 conductors, 8 awg copper or 6 awg aluminum. Found a pretty cheap price on 6-6-6 +ground aluminum, at $0.82/lf. Will that pull ok?

So, when I bought my 2019 Ram Classic in October of 2019, used, it came with a single key fob. I had meant to get a 2nd, but never got around to it. Well, I have lost my only key fob... So I see Key Fobs for sale online for $29-60 each, and would need programmed by mobile locksmith or dealer...

Wife and me are casually looking at a 40 acre property, fenced, woods, no home, well, and septic. Normal banks won't do land loans, and I have heard Farm Credit will/may. The property is only 2 miles from our current house. Couple questions Are land loans at a higher interest rate? I've...

What type of gate openers do yall recommend for a 16 ft steel tube gate? Its about 200 ft from power, and I would probably do solar, just to make it easy. Gate will most likely open out, cause drive comes uphill. I think my truck can be programmed with button (2019 Ram) but wife's car is...

Wife and me have been considering getting a SxS, UTV, whatever yall call it. I didnt really plan on the Gator, but it really seems to be one of the cheaper options, and I would hope there should be parts support for years to come. Seems like you can get the 835 Gator for under $14k. Does...

Anyone ever replace the water pump on a Kubota L285 or similar? Do you need to remove the air filter housing and radiator? Any tricks to getting fan off the front of the pump? Better to get fan off first, then remove water pump, or get the whole thing off, then fan? I started tonight, only...

I've been a member here for a Long time, but havent messed with the forum for a while. I currently have a Kubota L285 2WD tractor. I would like or have considered upgrading to a new, smaller tractor with a loader. Possibly something like a RK24H, Maxx24, or similar size. The wife wants a...

Me and the wife have been thinking of buying or building some decent shed space. I currently have a 12x16 ft 3 walled shed, with dirt floor that I use. My plan is tractor and mower will live in it. The new shed/barn would be for tools, storage, possibly small work shop, maybe reloading bench...

My 12 yr old son is wanting a new gun. He has a single shot .410 already, and doesn't really want a .22 LR. It would be 90% target shooting at 25-100 yards for now, and 10% deer/possibly one day hog hunting. My thoughts on calibers are .223, 5.56, .243 Win, 7.62x39, or 6.5 Grendel. Recoil...

I was at Rural King yesterday, and saw they had some su. compact tractors for sale. Didn't look real close, because I'm not really in the market, and didn't want a sales pitch. Quick Google when I got home showed they have tractors up into the 50 HP range. Looks like maybe TYM, but doesn't...

I have been watching too much YouTube, and now am seriously thinking about starting reloading. My thought is Lee Breech lock $35 press, Lee 3 die set ($35), Lee Ram Prime ($15), Lee Powder scale ($25-30) or Frankford Arsenal ($30). Powder ($30/#), Primers ($4/100), Projectiles ($20/100). Do...

So, 3 weeks ago, a friend called, and she wanted to get rid of 2 pigs. I expected 45-80 lbs pigs, but these where between 180-250. I got one, and have feed it for 3 weeks, and I'm going to stop this weekend. The way I figure it, I'm in a 200+ lbs pig for $39 in feed, so I'm not going to pay a...

So, I have a Kubota L285 that I ran completely out of fuel. While messing with some fuel lines, I decided to take that brass fitting "just one more turn" and now I have a broken fitting, with the male end broken off in the other piece. I don't really know what these pieces are called, so I'm...

I need to get some new cordless tools. My Dewalt 18v has gotten to the point that only one battery works, and it's maybe 10% of its orginal power. I also have a Ryobi 18v charger, 3 completely dead batteries, and 2 chargers to go with an impact driver. I'm seriously considering getting the...

My 50" Ford 917L has a bad bearing on the belt side of the shaft. I unbolted the assembly and removed a small hex set screw that holds the pulley on the shaft. Is there something I'm missing to remove the pulley from the bearing and all? I beat on it some, but nothing. put some PB blaster...

Me and my wife have started looking for something to replace her 08 impala. We are looking in the $12-16k. It turns out we forgot a credit card payment in March and our credit dropped 150 points... so now we are much more limited then we expected. Bank can't finance older than 2009. Prefer...

I'm going to be planting 10 new one gallon blueberry bushes. I already have 3 large mature ones, but these are too close to the house. The new ones I want to put closer to the edge of the yard/woods. The deer haven't been an issue with the ones next to the house. Do deer eat the bushes? I'm...

A couple years ago I got an 8ft conduit spool from a job site. Last week end I decided to finally use it for something. I used the 2 large circle ends to make 4 equal arcs. it's roughly 8 ft tall at the center and 8 ft wide, overall length is right at 12 feet. Now, I need to figure out the...

Anyone know of any programs similar to hotel loyalty programs, where when you buy gas on with a company card, you earn cash/gas/free crap for yourself? I never really thought about it before, but I use between 50-75 gallons of gas per week in a company truck, and I was wondering if any of the...

I have an account that I always accessed on the App, that doesn't work now. I don't know my password, and when I enter user name and click forgot password, it says it sent a password reset to my email. I always got my TBN emails on my yahoo email, but I haven't gotten any password reset emails...