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For years, I relied on my little Honda generator that puts out 13 amps. It's enough to power the TV, the computer, some lights and phone chargers. But not much more. Last year I got a duel fuel 10,000 watt Challenger generator with an electric starter. We used it for the first time...

I bought two sections of this type of scaffolding almost two decades ago. The wood platform was so thin that I could feel it bending while I stood on it, so I replaced it with 3/4 plywood. Huge improvement!!! I don't have the outriggers, but at the height I use it at, I haven't had any...

I had to do a search on why people kiss the Blarney Stone. "According to Irish folklore, people kiss the Blarney Stone to receive the gift of eloquence and persuasiveness. The stone is said to have been built into the battlements of Blarney Castle by Dermot McCarthy, king of Munster, in 1446...

I would defer to the realtor on the ceiling. Lots of homes have it, and lots of homes are going to still have it decades from now. Most people don't like it, but I've never heard of a sale not happening because of it. I've been hired by clients to remove it, but I've never had a Realtor...

My first thought after watching your video is that you need a BIGGER tractor!!!! That wagon makes your tractor look like a little toy. :) I think you need the stairs to be permanently attached to the wagon. You don't want to rely on somebody putting them in place for an elderly person to...

and run a water line if you already haven't.

In my experience, it's worth whatever the effort and expense that it takes to trench a line to another building!!!!!!! You are going to be there for a very long time. Run power to the barn.

In my previous post, I wasn't as clear as I think I should of been when I said that the money you spend fixing the house up to sell will not add to full amount when you actually sell the house. I also said that what you put into the house will also cause the house to sell faster. Sitting on...

Random thought. Do you have to wear your protective gear while driving the bees from place to place? If so, what are the reactions to people that see you on the road?

I've only worked on homes in California and Texas, so this might not apply to your home and your area. Almost every dollar that you spend on fixing up a home will only increase the value of that home by a percentage of that dollar. You will be lucky to get .50cents more out of the house for...

I enjoy Guinness when it's cold out, but it's pricey. We have a Texas beer here called Shiner Bock that is cheaper and tastes better. If I ever go to Ireland, I would enjoy seeing the Guinness Brewery. What's funny, is that for most of my life, I didn't realize that the Guinness Book or...

Good looking building. I like your color choices.

Love the ladder setup!!! I usually just rent a lift when doing things like that for clients. It's not just the safety issue, it's so much faster to get it all done too.

I have a 2022 4707, so I'm curious about this. Have you talked to your dealer? There is a Face Book Group called "Massey Ferguson 4700 Global Tractors" that has several Dealers on there that offer advice on Codes and repairs. It doesn't hurt to join that Group and ask your question there.

I have a 2010 Scag Wildcat with a 26hp Kawasaki engine. First couple of years it was flawless. Then the safety switches started acting up and it wouldn't start until I figured out which one it was and either bypassed it, or replaced it. This just got worse and worse. Eventually I pulled...

My first thought was to use it to buy Sandra some tomato's, or something like that. Or maybe some yard art like a wind spinner, and tell her it's from her sister.

I was working on a house just South of Tyler Texas last week, and I probably saw a dozen different farms out baling round bales. From what little I know, it had to be mostly weeds. The temps have just started to get into the 80's during the day, and Bermuda grass is barely starting to show...

I think that you already have what you need to get the job done. Zero turns are very specialized mowers for maintaining existing lawns. In my opinion, it's probably the very worse type of mower for big areas and tall material. Instead of spending all that money on the zero turn, I would look...

Looks like bees are a big fan of baseball https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2024/05/02/watch-arizona-beekeeper-handles-bee-swarm-at-diamondbacks-game-throws-first-pitch/

Pretty cool that your wife is into the bees as much as you are!!!!

We have six Akita's, and my wife feeds them twice a day, except the puppy. He gets second breakfast and second dinner. Some of them like raw eggs over their food. Some of them like hard boiled eggs in their bowl with their food. All of them LOVE scrambled eggs. They always eat the egg...

I have to admit to doing something even worse with a tire. One of the rear tires of my zero turn started to feel like it was going flat on me while I was mowing. I hit it with my hand and it felt like I could keep going, but I knew I had an issue. I didn't have a lot left to mow, so I kept...

That's going to be life changing!!!! I'm looking forward to your posts on what you do for lighting, water and storage. Lots of work ahead of you to get it all just right.

Lots of egg sandwiches!! Our dogs eat two dozen a day, and we've started scrambling them for the cats. I didn't know that cats like to eat scrambled eggs, but they come running when they sea the bowl, and clean it all up. The rest are sold, but I also give them away to clients when I'm...

We just took in two hens about a month ago from an elderly couple that felt it was too much for them to take care of them. They didn't know how old they where, but egg production was way down and they felt they where getting close to passing, but really didn't know. We have over 100 chickens...

That's a lot of mowing!!!!!!! Nice that your wife helps. Mine just got a riding mower to help me, but she doesn't put fuel in it, she doesn't fix it when it's broken, and the second she has a problem, like mowing a hose and getting it stuck in the blades, I have to stop what I'm doing to...

Pressure washers scare me. I've seen a lot of damage from them!!! There are three levels of bleach at the box stores to chose from. Laundry bleach is the safest, and the weakest. Outdoor cleaning bleach has a green label and it's twice as strong. I'd probably start with that. Lowes and...

Very nice. What are you mowing all that grass with?

The pics keep getting better and better!!!

Great pictures!!!!! Did you book a tour, or are you on your own?

That's a nice looking wagon!!!! Are you going to use hay bales for seating? I found that canvas painting tarps from Lowes and Home Depot work great for covering hay bales. The ones I used where 3x12 feet long, or something like that.

The thing that I like about this trailer is the rails are at the outside of the drive on fenders, which makes it 8 feet wide between the rails. https://texaspridetrailers.com/trailer/gooseneck-lowboy-equipment-trailer-wide-deck-20000-lb-gvwr-2/ Currently, I have a 20 foot bumper pull...

Very nice!!!! Please post pics of it as you fill it up. I'd enjoy seeing what you do for shelving and storing stuff.

I have a Scag zero turn that's a beast, but also a nightmare. All my problems have been with the electrical system. Too many safety switches, but I've also replaced every switch, the PTO generator, and even the key. After years of never knowing if it would start, and what I would have to...

I make my living working on peoples homes, and I get jobs every year from home owners wanting to get their places ready to sell. In my opinion, the smart ones are the ones that have talked to a good realtor that was blunt and honest with them about their house. Homes are like fashion. Most...

I'm still in the Day Dreaming stage of buying a trailer to haul my stuff around. I still have to buy a bigger truck to pull it!!! For me, I want to be as close to 20,000 pounds as I can get because that's what the Farm Tags allow. My tractor is 9,000 pounds, the trailer is going to be around...

Buy a pair of Knipex wire cutters. They are pricey, but well worth it...

We show Akita's and bought a Chrysler mini van because it's has the most room for dog crates. If you go to a dog show, you'll see more Chrysler's then any other brand by a huge margin!!! We keep two crates in the back, side by side. We can fit another large crate in the middle and still have...

I saw this in town today and had to take a quick picture. I've never seen the large square bales before. It looks like the guy was delivering just one, and he needed to bring his tractor along to do so.

I bought a new Massey 4707 almost two years ago and ran into the same problem. I could barely get my 6 foot cutter to attach to the 3 point arms, and once I did, I tore up the drive shaft in just a couple of days. I went from 37hp to 70hp, and didn't realize my slip clutch wasn't slipping. I...

Following since I'm interested in what everyone has to say.

Railroad Ties make me nervous. It could be a regional thing, and I can only comment on my experiences with them here in East Texas. They are made from just about every species of wood, but mostly what is considered junk trees that are not good for anything else. The only requirement that...

A lottery winner that didn't go broke? You don't hear that very often!!! One of my clients has a sister that won $8 million in the TX Lottery. She and her husband quit their jobs, bought new luxury cars, a big fancy house, and lived it up for a few years before running out of money, and...

That sure is a nice looking field!!!!!

Good job. Sounds like you and your wife are a good team!!!!!

You have an interesting history with your land. That's pretty cool!!!

Is this a new farm, or are you catching up on all your chores now that you have the tractor?

Out on my land, I dig out the stumps and get rid of them. It takes years to rot away, and I don't want them in my way when bush hogging. Near my house, I cut them kind of long so the truck is sticking up a couple of feet. Then I drill a hole in the middle of it and place a Wind Spinner.

Concrete is easy to paint, you just have to use a primer that is designed to be used on concrete. Once it's primed, you can paint it any color.

I remember when I was a kid back in the late 70's, that people would rent rollers to use after spreading grass seed. This was in town, and there wasn't very much grass, but if I remember correctly, everyone did this. I even remember a neighbor making his own roller out of something because he...

I've always thought of Kubota as the gold standard for small tractors, and people with small pieces of land. But every time I go to the Kubota Dealer to buy something from them, I walk away disappointed. I did this both times I bought new tractors, when I bought my zero turn, and when I bought...

Active threads or are you asking when it all started? I started posting in 2003, and there where old threads back then.

I just had a client with a similar problem. I told her to call her Power Company, and they where out there in an hour or so. They said that a squirrel had caused the damage, but I have my doubts. The power company is supposed to keep the branches clear of the lines and at her house, they...

I build up the concrete above grade, into a crown so the water will flow away from the post. This is a corner post that I put in after the Surveyor marked it. My land is on the left of the post.

I have my fruit trees inside my dog yard. The dog yard is about an acre. I also have my raised veggie beds inside the dog yard. Hogs, deer, coons, rabbits, and armadillos are all kept out by my six Akita's. So far, birds haven't been an issue.

I had the same problem and couldn't figure it out. Eventually the fuel pump failed and my dealer told me to save some money and install an aftermarket electric diesel fuel pump. Ever since them, I haven't had any issues with not being able to start after running it for awhile.

Wood rots because the living organisms in the dirt have the proper condition to eat the wood. Water and air. Wood submerged in water 100% of the time does not rot. Same with wood in the ground that air cannot get to, does not rot. The problem with wood posts in the ground happens at ground...

I'm looking forward to seeing it be built!!!!

How busy is your street? I've been very frustrated trying to sell stuff on FB and Craigslist, but I've had good luck just parking it at the gate with a For Sale sign on it. I sold a truck and a trailer this way. I might put another trailer up for sale the same way since I never use it.

How big are the branches that you want to cut up? How much HP do you have? How much land are you wanting to maintain? I started with a 37hp tractor and a 6 foot light duty Landpride rotary cutter, and used it for almost two decades. I beat it up pretty bad, but since it's easy to get pats...

Amazing detail in that squirrel!!!

I rent them a few times a year. Genie is my favorite, but it seems that the rental yards have all switched to JLG. In my opinion, they rental fee is cheap enough that there isn't any desire to own one. Another reason for not wanting to own one is taking care of it, and having to repair it...

Why would anybody not want garden hose washers? That's just crazy!!!!

2022 is when Massey came out with the new AC system that solved all the issues from the earlier versions. From what I've read, the AC didn't work very good before then. Mine works great!!! I have a tube that comes out the back of my roof that water runs out of when the AC is on. It's a lot of...

From what I'm hearing, there are a bunch of people wanting to buy houses, but not at the current interest rate. Odds are good that the Fed will drop interest rates by a point before the election to help the economy. Once this happens, panic buying on housing will happen and the price of houses...

I do not believe you can cut grass with a rotary mower, and store it for hay. You need to cut the grass at the base and not damage any of the stalk. Once the stalk is damaged, it loses all it's ability to retain any nutritious value for livestock. Think how it used to be done with a sickle...

The tiller does a nice job!!!! Did you match your glasses to your tractor paint? :)

I was told that my 2022 Massey 4707 was built in Brazil. I know that some of the earlier models where built in China, but then they built the new, super modern plant in Brazil. I have no idea when all this happened. My tractor has some parts with Built in France and Built in Italy on it too.

That's a good looking field. What did you use to break it all up and get the dirt so fine and soft looking?

I agree with the others about making it fun and not forcing him to do a bunch of work. Cooking meals together, like a big country breakfast with lots of bacon, gravy and biscuits and some eggs from the chicken coop. Get the grill going and cook burgers, hot dogs, steaks and whatever else...

Your research and practice paid off!!!!

Those are VERY IMPRESSIVE pictures of the eclipse!!!!! Are your pictures the ones I've been seeing on the news and all over the internet?

From what I understand, fertilizer takes about 6 months to actually show any changes to the soil. It should be done twice a year, with a long term goal of achieving your desired NPK levels in five years. To improve your soil for planting this Spring, you will have the best results by bringing...

I feel your pain. I also have some goats, and a need for hay. I've been buying it, and would love to continue buying it, but it's never reliable. Over the last ten years, I've bought good hay from different guys that ended up getting out of haying because it wasn't worth the money it cost them...

And another good reason to own a backhoe!!!!

I remember that about Nevada back in the 90's. A lot of people would retire in California, then move to Nevada, but still have to pay California taxes on their retirement because California claimed that the money was earned in California. I was too young to pay a lot of attention to it back...

Found another picture of my splitter. I bolted on some plywood to the sides to hold the wood that I'm not splitting. I split it in half, put one half on the plywood, work the other half, then work that first half. If it's a really big round, I might drop the half to the ground, and then...

Keep it simple. Wrap a chain around the base of the bush and lift it straight up with your loader. You will have the most lift where the bucket attaches to the loader, so attach the chain to the loader are at the bucket.

Kind of hard to believe what I'm reading in this thread. Why would anybody remain in California if they had the means to leave? I know that a lot of people are there because they have family there, and they don't want to leave them behind. When I moved, my brother moved right after I did...

We put the baby chicks in a big plastic tote for the first week or two in a spare bedroom. Then they go into a cage in the barn for a few more weeks. Then into a big dog crate in the coop, where they get to know the other birds.

Full Eclipse here in Tyler Texas. Clouds made it interesting, but where able to see it between them. The night lights came on for a few minutes, and it got pretty dark, but not so dark that you couldn't see. The animals just ignored it. No roosters crowed, nobody went to bed, it's like...

One of my future projects is to build a log cutting table. I want to put the logs on the table with my grapple, then cut them into rounds on that table, and then be able to pick them up from the table and put them on the log splitter without ever having to bend over. If they are too big for...

The pallet craze seems to have run its course in my area. Seemed like everybody on FB was posting something that they had created from a pallet. I'm leaning strongly towards using pallet wood for the wall of my back porch kitchen. The rest of the house is Hardie, so this might be a nice...

Here's a short video that I made that shows my rear view camera while driving down to my pond to pull my mower out of the mud.

Did you buy pallets, or are you selling them?

I'm very sorry to hear that your mom passed away. May she rest in peace. Praying for you and your family.

I like my Echo chainsaw a lot. Much easier to start than my Stihl or Husqvarna chainsaws. If I ever buy another chainsaw, it will be an Echo.

I can understand not wanting to pay more for a Honda engine. They cost more then any of the other brands out there. I cannot understand anybody saying that a Briggs or Predator engine is in the same league as a Honda small engine. Nothing is in the same league as a Honda small engine. It...

In my opinion, the most important thing when looking at something with a small engine is the engine. I also believe that Honda makes the best small engine out there. When I bought my log splitter, the engine was what I looked at. If it had a Honda engine, then I was interested. If it didn't...

If you want brand new, then ease of working on it is going to be a problem. 2012 was the last year of tractors being easy to work on. Maybe 2013 with certain models, but that's hit or miss. When I was buying brand new, I wanted the most HP I could get with a cab tractor, and not have DEF...

I wasn't expecting that. So you have your 240 line going into the box. Is there just one 240 line? What does the 120 line do? The more I look at it, the more confused I get.

I use Fram inline fuel filters on all my older tractors. I consider them disposable, and replace them every year. My backhoe has three other fuel filters on it, but the Fram inline filter is before all of them, and it's solved all my fuel issues.

I'm not familiar with that tractor, or that engine, but I have rebuilt the Cummins 6 cylinder engine on my dozer. It was all done in frame. I removed the head and the oil pan, pulled the pistons, and then the sleeves. Overall, it was more intimidating thinking about doing it then the actual...

My wife put out her hummingbird feeders last weekend, and before they showed up, the bees hit the feeders. We've never seen this before, so it was a big surprise for us. She is calling them Western Bees. I have no idea. She said that they must be really hungry, so she put out a bowl of sugar...

I have a Scag with a Kawasaki 26hp liquid cooled mower that been a never ending project. I bought it brand new, and it worked great for a few years, but then the safety sensors started acting up. I never knew if I could get it to start when I wanted to mow. This went on for years. I also had...

I've never seen a switch like that before. I need one!!!!

I moved to Texas from California in 2002. It was a lot harder then I had thought it would be, but it was also like waking up after a long sleep and realizing that I wasn't enjoying my life before, and now I had so many things to look forward to. In CA, I focused on vacations and getaways. I...

My vet told me that a dog can handle the venom of a copper heard and cotton mouth, but not a rattle snake. Fortunately for me, the only rattle snake that exists here is extremely reluctant to bite, and so rare that most people will never see one in their life. I haven't.

Thanks. I joined their site so I could get the 10% discount. I'm not sure if they have what I want, but its good to have an option other then Amazon.

You are getting some misleading information. It's true that all concrete cracks, but those cracks should be so tiny that they are impossible to see. When a new concrete pad cracks, it's because they used too much water in the mix. They do this because it makes it a lot easier to spread...

Good to see you took pictures, that's the important thing!!!!!

We can't see anything in the dark

Sorry to hear about this. I can't imagine how horrible he must feel by having his tractor and disk stolen. Normally, I would guess that it's on its way to Mexico, and across the border the next day. This seems to be pretty common with Construction equipment, and high dollar farm tractors...

My mower is only rated for 2 inches, but I never cut anything that big on purpose. If it's that big, or bigger, I'm going to dig them out with my backhoe and haul them to the burn pile. One of the bigger issues with cutting saplings with the mower is the spikes in the ground that you are...

I just installed one on my tractor for the very reason you mentioned. I hit branches with my mirrors and then I can't see the sides of the batwing mower. I mounted my camera to the top of my cab, but the field of view isn't wide enough to see past the batwing. It's only 12 feet wide, but it's...

I do the same when looking at an open pasture. How many years did it take them to clear all that land? What did they do to support themselves while spending money on building the farm?

Thank you. I added them to my Amazon list.

No, I didn't. If I'm going through the effort of removing them, I'm not going to install the same thing again.

I had a 6 foot box blade. It's width and weight where fine for my 37 hp tractor, but getting good with it was beyond me. I found that using the front bucket on my backhoe was a lot easier for me to smooth out the ground by back dragging with it. I traded the box blade with a guy after having...

Is there a good book for total novices that explains everything in very simple terms? My wife really wants bees. And happy wife, happy life. We would like to find a step by step list with everything we need to get started. If something like that exists?

10 months is nothing. I started building my house in 2005, and I'm nowhere near close to being done with it. But in my case, we keep changing our minds and redoing everything before we finish anything. Kitchen is being moved to the other side of the house, the front door has now become our...

I have three Ledmo LED Parking lot lights that where great while they worked, but they only last a few years before dying. I've replaced the sensor on top without any improvement. They sort of die like a fluorescent light does. The amount of light they put out drops dramatically, then it's...

It it fits, you must acquit. LOL Is your barn Ryobi Lime Green? :)

Impressive that you caught the water drops on it's head!!!

I didn't know this and I've been doing it wrong forever. Mostly for 12 volt auto wiring, but in the back of my brain, I think I've done some stranded wire in the house somewhere. I'll have to think about it to see if I can remember where.

I wasn't very interested in the eclipse until the schools started announcing that they would be closed and some cities Declared Emergencies to handle all the people expected to be in those cities. Austin seems to be just shy of total panic over the eclipse. My clients are going to a big...

We're hovering right around $3 a gallon right now for Regular with Ethanol. It's gone up .20 cents a gallon in the last two weeks. I've mowed three times so far this year and I'm about out of Ehanal free gas, so it's going to be interesting to see what that costs when I buy some during the...

I agree, that's a great price to have pros come out and do it. I wouldn't of thought of that. My fear is that it will happen to me one of these days, and I wont know who to call or what to do.

You know what you're doing with metal!!!!

Who do you call to install it? I was thinking that it was a DIY project that you could do by yourself.

Start with the easy things first. Is the driveshaft still attached? Does it spin when you put it in gear?

I use 14/2 direct bury Romex wire on my tractors.

Really nice looking tractor!!!

Have you had your tires slashed?

My wife works from home as a teacher at the University. Most of her work is through emails, but at least once a week, and sometimes more often, she has to do Zoom meetings. For our internet to allow that to happen, we have to turn off all the other computers, pads and laptops that connect to...

My clients grandson came by to visit today. He writes software for a drone company. A lot of what they do is look at roofs of houses for insurance companies, but also for tax purpose for the State of California. His current project is to identify solar panes on the roof of a house, and how...

Are you going to build a catch pen for your goats? or a handling facility? That's my next project. I have too many, and I don't have any way to catch them, or work them, so they run wild.

NICE!!!!! That's going to be a great barn, and big enough for a lot more goats. Looks like you have been busy. Isn't it funny how much money you spend once you get animals on your land?

I'm always nervous about new technology, and buying something that will be replaced by something newer right after I buy it. My other concern is the life of the batteries, and what it will cost to buy new ones, and if they will be available? Kind of like what happened with cordless tools, and...

I've never had a single lid grapple, but from my experience, having twin lids allows me to hold onto just about anything from a single small branch, to stumps and uneven brush piles.

Good to hear that your daughter is doing better!!! I'm surprised that you need a permit for a barn. We don't have any rules on what we build outside of city limits here in Texas. I'm also surprised that you have to go the Department of Health for permission to build a barn. That actually...

Easy mowing unless they get mad about what the tractor does to the mud?

I don't know anything about any of the models that you listed, but will comment on the Exmark being a very common machine used by a lot of lawn mowing crews in my area. When I was buying, they where on my top five list, but I wasn't real happy with the dealer. He was disorganized and the...

Funny, here in Texas, they keep telling us that we are the fastest growing state in the country. Just driving anywhere, it's easy to believe!!! We probably have the worse weather because Summer is so brutal, but with AC, it's livable. I always think that if the weather was nice here, we...

I inherited a bunch of Grizzly tools from my brother, including two lathes, who passed away about a year and a half ago. Some of his tools have never been put all the way together, others he used fairly often. So far, they are all just sitting in my garage, taking up room with the rest of his...

I love how you catch the very edges of their feathers. Love that detail!!!!!

Why such big blocks? I'm thinking of doing something similar for my manure from the animals, and I was going to use cinder blocks with rebar, and then fill with concrete. Mine will be build into the side of a slope, so the blocks will also act as a retaining wall. I'm planning on 4 inches of...

Sorry to hear about your dad. It sounds like he lived a full and impressive life!!!!

Decades ago, when I thought it was fun to work on vehicles, a friend that worked for a body shop told me that the very best primer was the original pain. If you don't have to sand it down to bare metal, don't. Just sand it enough to remove the sheen.

I understand. I have clients that pay me to do things to their houses that are so bad that I refuse to post pictures of the final results on FB. Most of what I do, I post on there, which leads to more work for me. But some people have such bad taste that it's better to just do what they want...

How much faster do your tires wear out because you drive on the road so much?

Better to try and see how it goes then to never do it and wonder about it forever. Worse case scenario is that you don't like making hay, and you sell everything you bought. Prices are holding on most things, so it's doubtful that you will lose very much money if you decide to sell off the...

I have a trencher that was in the way and I wasn't able to start. I spent an hour messing with it without results, so I dragged it out of the way, then pushed it back to it's new home. I have a couple big jobs for it, so I want to keep it, I just don't want to put any time or money into...

Seems like it's the wrong time of the year to mow if you only do it once a year. Spring is here and everything is going to take off, and it will be overgrown again in a few months.

I'm struggling with the idea that you will use this to do work around your place and get it dirty, or even worse, break something. Seems like it needs to be put on display and remain perfect for all eternity!!!

Are you able to hold the camera by hand and get those pictures, or are you using a tripod?

Thanks for the update. I'm new to cab tractors and I'm terrified of breaking my glass. I'm pretty sure it's just a matter of when, so it's interesting to read what you're going through to replace your glass, even though I have a different brand of tractor.

Thanks for the video's. Compared to the street sweeper that just takes one guy, and it's just one machine that's a lot faster, and does a cleaner job, It makes me wonder why they are picking them up like that? Union thing to create more jobs by getting two people to do the job that one can...

Congrats on the 120 acres!!! Is that going to be hay, or just mowing? My Massey has Trelleborg tires. I'm terrified what they might cost when I have to buy new ones.

That's odd. I'm more on the chunky side then I want to be, but the best thing about my Skag mower is the seat. They might of changed since 2010, when I bought it, but I hope not. It's a REALLY NICE SEAT. My wife and I are playing around with making videos. Here's one of me mowing part of my...

Me too!!! Back in the 90's, when I still lived in California, I met a guy at my Taxidermist that had several Rigby double rifles. He invented the stainless steel staple used in surgery, and was one of he richer people that I've ever met. I told him that I was a big fan of the old Rigby Double...

I have a 12 inch and a 6 inch. The six inch goes into the ground so fast that I cannot control it. Then I have to use my backhoe to pull it out of the ground!!! I've removed the teeth from it and put them on my 12 inch auger, when they wore out, and never replaced them on the 6 inch auger. I...

How long has it been since the deck was built? Did you use pressure treated wood? When the formulation and process for Pressure Treated Wood was changed, a new issue was created. The new process forces a massive amount of water into the wood, and it takes a very long time for that moisture...

Congratulations!!! I looked at the link to see how much HP it has, and was impressed by 265HP, but then I saw how big the fuel tank is, and now I'm really impressed!!! 166 gallons. WOW, you'll feel that when you fill it up.

That makes sense. I have a white three rail vinyl fence along my gravel driveway, and there are holes in the railing from rocks flying up from my zero turn. The rocks where going fast enough to go entirely through the railing!!!

I've never heard of or seen "The Claw" before.

Thursday, in Tyler Texas, the street sweeper cleaned up all the leaves in the gutters at the house I was working on.

Sorry to hear that. I'd be unable to sleep at night, wondering what caused it to break.

I would be very hesitant to take apart an existing truss and rebuild it into a scissor truss. My biggest concern would be getting it wrong. While it's not rocket science, and all you are doing is copying the design of a scissor truss while building it in place, there are limitations to how far...

I have a client that is getting bids to build a big shop with an one bedroom living area to the side of it. One of the things that he didn't think about is what it would cost to finish off the inside of the building. He wanted to go with metal and bubble wrap insulation on the ceiling...

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WOW!!! That helps me understand it better. Eventually my wife wants to have bees, but we don't know anything about them. Her goal is to make the garden better, and she says that having bees will do that.

Does a queen live just one year? So when a new queen is born, and she kills all the others, does that include the existing queen? And then she takes over as the queen for a year, until it happens all over again? Is a queen cell a bee egg? I have no idea what a bee if born from? But I'm...

That's what I was curious about. Will more queen bees be born in your hive, and you have to catch her and move her to another hive? What happens to those queen bees if you do not move them? I thought there could only be one queen bee in a hive.

What is a split?

The quick oil change places all have pits. I always thought a pit would be ideal in a shop, but there is a magnetic draw to walking into them and breaking your leg, so I'm afraid to build one.

What did you spray? I think it's too early here to spray. Everything is just starting to turn green, but it's only an inch or two tall. I'm probably going to wait another month and then spray some 2,4D

That's Hilarious!!!!!

Thanks Gordon. I'll look up Cake Feeders. All our feed is from coffee cans. Small coffee can of food for each horse, two large coffee cans of feed for the goats, and the chickens all eat out of the big feeder that's there for them 24/7 I just drove to the other farm, and near Canton I saw...

Thanks for asking about my wife. She is a lot better, but will never be normal. The chemo destroyed her immune system and woke up a very mild case of Lupus that she didn't know she had. Now it's become an issue. Most days, she's fine. Some days are harder then others. I'm down to four cows...

Beavers ate all the trees growing around my pond. Now I rely on my 12ft batwing to get to the waters edge

You bring up a good point. I'm paying .30cents a pound for 13% All Stock at Atwood's in 40 pound sacks. At .23cents a pound for bulk, I'm saving $2.80 per sack if I buy in bulk. I'm saving money, but not if I'm paying for a new trailer. And definitely not if I have feed that's rotting...

Hope I didn't already say this in this thread. Back in the 90's when I lived in California, and was in the Teamsters, I got to know some of the guys that worked for the garbage company. They said that once they get back to the main warehouse, every recycle container was dumped in with all the...

My concern would be with staining. It looks nice right now, but water will make it look ugly if it keeps getting wet. Can you staple on some tar paper for the time being? 30lb paper would be my choice.

They are also very famous for crossing roads!!!!!

Great photo's!!!!!!!

My reasoning for using the trailer is that I don't need it for anything else, and it would be dedicated for just this. Drive it to the feed store, fill it up, then park it under the overhang of the barn so my wife can get feed out of it without being in the rain. When it's empty, I just do...

The more chickens my wife hatches, the more feed I have to buy. I also buy feed for goats and horses. I'm spending a stupid amount of money feeding all these animals, and I'm trying to figure out a way to save a buck so she can have more animals. Joking. I enjoy the animals too, but I would...

My chickens are very confused. They know that bed time is 7pm, but now I have to convince them to stay up another hour before going to bed!!!!!

Collards, Kale and Mustard Greens might be better choices for your chickens.

Here in East Texas, I've planted trees and shrubs to create more shade over my vegetable garden beds. My goal is to cut down on as much afternoon sun as possible. The plants don't need a full day of full sun, and the longer they bake, the harder it is for them. I don't know what it's like...

Interesting idea for raised beds.

How tippy is your track loader with a lot of weight on the front like that?

I went from a 42 inch riding mower to a 60 inch zero turn. I really enjoyed mowing with the riding mower. It was relaxing, and comfortable. But when it died, I decided to upgrade to a commercial grade zero turn so I could mow more areas and get it done faster. The zero turn is great at...

Thanks. I was wondering if it was like a Bradford Pear or a Sweet Gum. Both are considered junk trees here because of all the issues with them.

Back in the 80's I was stationed at the US Embassy in Yaounde Cameroon. Me and another Marine where in the basement, when a rat came down the hall. We both pulled our side handle baton's out to deal with it, but it was faster then we where and it ran up the leg of Dan, the other Marine. He...

Is a water oak a bad tree? I never heard of it

I read that wasps also put out a pheromone when they attack. It just takes one to do this, and then all of them are attacking at the same time!!!

I've tried to compare Battery Powered Vehicles to Cordless Tools because of how good Cordless Tools have become, but it's just not the same. Cordless Tools come in a variety of abilities, with some being very good, and some that are still too junky to use if you need them to make a living...

I'll just add to the list that everyone has come up with a few outdoor things to consider. There never seems to be enough outside outlets. I want an outlet on every outside wall. And at the main shop door, one on either side. Same thing with water spigots. At least one at the main shop...

She knows that she's safe up there. It's a Massey!!!

Nothing like having to dump your load in order to drag your truck out, then having to load it all buck up again!!!!

Advantech is better then anything else. How far apart are your floor joists? 3/4 inch tongue and groove plywood was been the standard on joists 24 inches on center for decades. Glue it and screw it down and you should be fine. If your joists are closer then 24 inches, I wouldn't hesitate...

My garage is 30x40 and the barn at my other farm is 30x40. It's a good size for what they do, but it was easy to fill them up and I still need to build a proper workshop sometime in the future. I can pull the cars out of my garage and have plenty of room to do stuff, but I'm moving things...

The eclipse is supposed to be really good where I live in Tyler TX. Local news is saying that we could see a million people here to see it. So far, I'm not too excited about it.

Did your game cameras get pictures of hogs? I'm guessing that they are 100% nocturnal

Having watched how they build fences, it's obvious that the good doctor isn't as knowledgeable as he pretends. But I enjoy his shows because he shows stuff that I've never seen before.

I own a backhoe and I've rented skid steers. I love my backhoe, but I did convert the front bucket to a quick attach so I can use pallet forks or my grapple instead of the front bucket. In my opinion, the backhoe is the most useful tool on my farm. My biggest mistake was not spending extra...

We started watching The Incredible Pol Farm Show, where Dr Pol's son is building a 350 acre farm. It's a fun show where they do stuff that I never thought of, and other things that I would never do, but they are doing it, and I'm enjoying watching it. One of the things we just watched was...

Nice seeing the pics of your shop. That was a fun build to follow!!!!