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Hey guys. I use a sickle bar mower to trim back the edges of my fields and ditches and around a small pond. I also have about 10 acres or so that I mow once a year. I have an MF 41 Dynabalance that's in pretty good condition but I'm thinking about a backup. I found an MF 31 for sale at (from...

Messicks prices looked good until I added shipping.. Ouch! Anyone have a discount source for Kubota hydraulic oil (UDT2) ? Thanks!

Past time for me to do the 300 hour service on my Kubota tractor. It's been a few years since last doing the manual trans fluid change and so I decided to look around for a repair manual and stumbled onto this site. Home The manual for my model is about 1/3 the price of what appears to be the...

Hey guys, I have about 5 acres I keep cut at our second home. I'm there at least once a month during summer (usually more often than that) and for years have been using a 22" self propelled lawn mower and a walk behind string trimmer to keep things in trim. The string trimmer bales me out when...

If I can find a replacement U joint is this worth repairing? ...Have no idea how to assess this. The bearing seat on the quick connect looks pretty worn but may it still be usable as is? It's off my Pronovost snow blower. Thanks...

I have a bare bones model with a manual trans. I've never owned any vehicle with an automatic trans. I've been moving a lot of deep snow lately with the blower. The work is slow going requiring multiple passes over the same area with a lot of forward and reverse. movement and spinning wheels...

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I hired a local high school teacher during the summer to help me build this. With the ground prep, slab and 9' overhead door it cost about $13k. It's 24 x 24 w/ 10' walls. Five years on I could use more space for attachments.

Hi, I have a Craftsman 125 PSI 3 gallon air compressor. Is it capable of topping off my tires? I have a Kubota M5640. Thanks

I switched to anthracite a few years back. I still burn wood between the seasons but coal is now king in my house. 20 lbs burns 10-12 hours The Kubota just turned 6 and she's been a pleasure thus far.

I just fired up the tractor to do some snow clearing with the snowblower. It ran normally for about 1-2 minutes and then started to bog down on me. The idle is/was pulsing up and down until it completely shuts down. Haven't had any issues at all with the tractor as yet. I currently have a little...

I just fired up the tractor to do some snow clearing with the snowblower. It ran normally for about 1-2 minutes and then started to bog down on me. The idle was pulsing up and down until it completely shut down. Haven't had any issues at all with the tractor as yet. I have a little over 1/2 tank...

If I purchase the materials at the local Kubota dealer and do it myself, an engine oil change with filter runs around $100. A transmission oil change with filters runs around $400. Are there discount retailers out there selling Kubota apporved oils and filters?

right now I'm looking for something to groom my gravel driveway. Other uses might be leveling off low spots around the property and maybe a path through the woods. Thanks.

I found a Landpride LR2584 rake that's rated up to 50 hp. I have a 56 hp tractor. Can the rake take it?

I'm not someone you'd ask advice for about tractor attachments .... but having said that I rented one of these today to finish off my gravel driveway (I box bladed it two weeks ago) and boy is it the bomb. It rips (has 10 or so smallish scarifiers on the leading end), it has a retractable...

..... just run it back another 12 or 16 feet install an overhead door and call it a day. Thanks Moss.. the area behind the garage is relatively level.

I have a 24x24x10 garage that's filling up with attachments and what have you. I'd like to build wings or maybe a shed on the back wall. I was wondering if any of you have tackled this issue and what your solution was. I used 2x4x10 for the walls and trusses for the roof.

I have a small 3/4 acre pond on our property. It's fed by surface and groundwater runoff (via a small brook) and several natural springs. To one side there's an earthen dam. At the time (11 years ago) that we purchased the property it was apparent that the pond was filling in with silt from...

I just ran a box scraper over my driveway and still have some divots and high spots that I want to smooth out. TS and some of the other retailers sell a drag harrow and they run between 100 - 300 dollars. That seems like a lot of moola for something form something so simple that I might use once...

Today I picked up a 5' box blade at the local rental outfit. It's a heavy duty Woods... weighs about 450 lbs. I set the scarifiers on the top position and brought the top link all the way in. It took several (more like 5 or 6) passes to break up the top layers of sod, compacted stone and loam...

Hi All. Looking for some tips on maintaining my driveway. The driveway material is mostly a gravel mixed with fines that've been covered over by grass. The second image is older than the first which shows how the grass has covered over much of the base material. Springtime in northern...

Hi everyone, I was mowing very high weeds (mostly burdock) on the edge of the slope that goes down to the water's edge of the pond. It hadn't been mowed in two seasons so it was pretty wild and woolly stuff. Somehow I bent the bar and head completely away from the main mower frame (the part the...

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Good Morning...arrived at the farm last night for the first visit of the year. The house made it through winter unscathed. Patches of snow remain here and there. They're forecasting a wintery mix tonight and tomorrow.

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Need assist with Pronovost P680 snowblower Hi I've only used this blower a few times. I was in deep, heavy, wet snow yesterday and backed over a shovel that I'd been using to clear the blower chute. The shovel jammed in the auger and probably sheared something. The PTO and blower drive shaft...

I'm putting down new New England white pine flooring in the upstairs bedrooms and hallway in our summer house. This is new construction. We're not looking to stain it but to just let it darken naturally over time. I do want to seal it though. I'm looking at water base poly and plan to put down...

Plugged up the breach and installed a 15" poly overflow. Went down about 3 feet and sloped the edges. Set some stumps and logs along the bottom so the fishes have a chance with those pesky otters. Pack yer swimmies darling ...

I use my tractor for cutting back the brush around the edges of the fields, around the pond and along the driveway. An FEL w/hydrolics is going to run close to $7k. I'm still employed but nearing retirement and think it would be easier to spring for it now rather than later. I'm not sure whether...

anyone know where I can find a manual free online for the NH 450/51 mower? Having some questions about hookup.

Picked up a used Pronovost snow blower a few months ago and haven't been able to get the quick coupler to lock onto the PTO shaft. It slips over the shaft ok but the balls inside the coupler don't seem to retract enough to allow the coupler to lock onto the shaft. The spring on the coupler...

Should I be worried?

Having trouble making connection to the PTO with this coupler. Might be a quick coupler type?? It lines up with the splines and slides on about 1" but doesn't lock on and there's no spline pin. The coupler has an outer spring sleeve that slides back. Have no idea how or whether this fits. Any...

PTO quick coupler? Having trouble making connection to the PTO with this coupler. Might be a quick coupler type. It lines up with the splines but doesn't lock on and there's no spline pin. The coupler has an outer spring sleeve that slides back. Have no idea how or whether this fits.

I'm looking at two used snow blowers and want to try to gather some more information before I choose. They're both in good condition, the Provonost P 680 may be in somewhat better shape than the 72" Luck Now. The Luck Now is asking $1250. and the Provonost is asking $1800. If you've had any...

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Had an excavator by yesterday to make an opening in the dam. The water flowed out with a thunder and a roar for a few hours. There's a pretty deep hole in the middle retaining quite a bit of water still. The plan it to dig a sediment basin upstream of the main feeder to manage the silt. Then dig...

I leased my cropland to a local farmer who planted oats in late spring. We had some rain recently and there's areas of the fields where the oat stalks are matted down. The crop is just beginning to turn brown. It's been a few days and the sun was out today and I'm wondering if the oat stalks...

Is there a belt tensioner or some way to put slack in the pulley? does it just slip on?

I took my new old NH 450 out for a spin today and the belt broke. I'm pretty sure the part should be readily available but how to replace it doesn't look intuitive. Has anyone replace a belt on the 450? Any tips on how it's done would be most appreciated. Thanks! Chris K.

Not sure whether there's much variation in the price, but what should expect to pay for a FEL for my tractor?

I'm picking up a used NH 450 sickle bar mower in a week or so. I looked it over and it looks pretty good but I'm not all that familiar with this mower. Any tips on what to look for before I do the deed?

I'm picking up a NH 450 sickle bar mower ...price $1200. It looks to be in pretty good shape. How'd I do?

Hi, I won't be using the tractor over the winter months and wanted to know what if anything should I do to winterize it. I'm storing it in an unheated garage and won't be starting it for the months Nov.-Apr. I assume the manufacturer puts antifreeze in the cooling system? Should I disconnect...

golden rod and other weeds in the field I have what appears to be a growing infestation of golden rod and other weed varieties in my hay fields. I'm learning that with golden rod, there's no practical way to remove it mechanically, either by pulling it or mowing it, as it spreads by way of...

Hi, Looking at a Howse 808 (8') rotary cutter. Owner says it's never been used.....looks like it's been sitting out doors for a while. Any opinion on this mower? Asking $2k. TIA

I know a lot of you aren't big fans of the sickle bar mower but right now it's all I have and I'm trying to make the best of it. I cut probably 30 acres with it so far....mostly timothy but there's some weeds and some fescue and a variety of smaller trees and shrubs, particularly nearer the...

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I cut about 20 acres of hay over the past 2 days and last night the coyotes discovered it. The area that I cut is about 1000' from the house. Can't say for sure but I think I heard 4 or 5 and they were making a lot of noise. Sounded like they were calling each other from across the...

I'm getting close to 50 hours on my M5640SUD so I stopped by the local Kubota dealer to find out about the recommended service and to get a price. The quote was $769.80 plus $160.00 to haul it back and forth to the service shop. The service can't be that difficult to do myself.

My fields are in fair shape, have some weeds. What do you do to maintain your hay fields?

I've only had the tractor since February of this year, but aside from pulling the delivery truck that delivered the tractor out of the snow :laughing: I haven't had much use for the 4wd yet. Even on sloping grades the ag tires seem to keep the tractor on a firm footing. Not saying I regret...

I had to fabricate what I think is called the spring bar. Its a piece of flat bar 1/4" x 1" x 18" approx.. and it attaches the longer blade bar to the drive. There's a series of 6 rivets that attach the spring bar to the blade bar. These rivets are offset to one side of the spring bar. At the...

So I got the old Massey Ferguson Dynabalance 41 mounted on the tractor last week. Not a real hard job but it is a heavy beast to be moving around. After some trouble with the blade I got it running pretty nicely. Got a few days of mowing in ....shu shu shu shu shu shu ... :laughing: before it...

I have about 50 acres of hayfield that I want to keep cut. Last year I bought a Massey Ferguson Dynabalance 41 with a 7' cutting bar. Everything was in working order. Yesterday, for the first time, I attached the mower to the tractor and took it out for a field trial. Besides a few test drives...

I need something to cut around the perimeter of my two hay fields, down either side of the driveway and out along the road. The grade is mildly undulating with some steeper slopes here and there. Got a price on a Land Pride RCR1872 yesterday. It's available on the lot, price $2400. What was...

Our cat of 16 years passed last week and his liter-mate has been keeping us up at night with loud wailing sounds. Anyone every dealt with this? They say that some cats do mourn the loss of a companion and that you should avoid any upset in daily routine and offer more attention. Poor guy...

I have a small 1 acre pond on my property that I'd like to spruce up and maybe use it as a swimming hole. The water is clean but there is surface algae in the summer months. There's a 6" outlet pipe and a small feeder brook on opposite sides. There are also feeder springs. The pond is silting...

Seems like the forum has quieted down a bit lately. Has everyone gone over to the dark side? :laughing:

Picked up a load of horse manure yesterday and wheelbarrowed it into the garden. Need another load I think. My rototiller is having carburator issues. I think I need a rebuild kit. The little O rings in the carb are disintegrating. It's got the Tecumseh LV195EA engine. Never got it working last...

Hurricane Sandy took down a large oak tree in our back garden. Most of the top crown of the tree landed in the road and took down a utility pole. The town cut up that portion of the tree and left me with a pile of rounds that will warm the house for and entire season. What remains is the lower...

The Farm From Afar Published: March 21, 2013 NY Times Last week I got an e-mail from one of the two young farmers living at my small farm in upstate New York while I'm teaching in Southern California for the semester. She mentioned "green spears" shooting out of the ground. The thought threw...

The winters can be very cold in northern Maine. I spent a few days up there at the house a few weeks ago and found the unheated basement floor had about an inch of very fine frost covering it. Did the contractor forget to put down a vapor barrier before he poured the slab?

Gents, I'm looking for a cutter to do around the house along both sides of the driveway, along the road frontage and along the perimeter of two large fields. The local Kubota dealer sells Land Pride and so I'm considering that brand. I'm thinking a 6 foot or maybe a 7 foot cutter. The terrain...

Took delivery on my new Kubota. Already put it to work hauling the delivery truck out of my driveway. :D http://i829.photobucket.com/albums/zz215/keegsbucket/kubota/2013-02-15143843_zpsc7179b2b.jpg

The Mrs. bought me a hat for my birthday a few months back, the kind George Utley wore on the Newhart show, red plaid wool with the bow knot tied on top. I've taken to wearing it on our weekend walks with the dog...it does the job. In winter I usually put something to the noggin, a hood or a...

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I have two hay fields, about 50 acres, that I want to keep cut and a long driveway that needs regular grooming and during winter months needs to be kept clear of snow. I've been looking at the Mahindras for a while now (the 5525 and the 5530) but the closest dealer is almost 70 miles from us...

Anyone Do Buisness With Gary's Yamaha/Kioti of Caribou ME? ....if so, how was your experience?

So what are your thoughts on turbos? Some tractors have them, some don't. What are the pros and cons of having a turbo? Is it all about more horsepower in a smaller engine?

I've been tractor shopping for almost a year now. Looked at most major brands new and used. I'm leaning toward the Mahindra and in particular the 5525. I'm still new to tractors, though I've managed to pick up a few things along the way of this year long quest. I think I need something north...

I found a IH 460 gas for sale. Don't know much about them. Seems some say they're not so good, other say they're OK. I need something to mow about 50 acres. Seems it's about the right size. I haven't looked at it up close yet but it's supposed to be in good condition. The torque amplifier is...

Found a New Idea model 256 sickle bar mower at a very good price. Anyone know where parts can be gotten for this?

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I'm told this is a JD sickle bar mower but the owner doesn't know the model number. I spent a good amount of time on youtube and the various auction sites .. ebay trying to match up the photos to a make and model but came up dry.....waiting for any label info.

Hi, I found a MF model 30 sickle bar mower in good-excellent condition. Does anyone have any experience with this? Can you venture a guess on a price? TIA

...welcome to my world. I don't have a crystal ball but as I may have mentioned I see myself needing something to cut hay, move snow, groom the driveway and on occasion haul logs out of woods. I like the relative simplicity of the 4025 and while it's a heavy machine, it seems to me, w/4WD, to...

Well...I'm back to the well...need more input on the tractor decision.. TIA With apparently few takers, it's likely I'm going to need something to mow 50+ acres annually on an ongoing basis. After a time it may be that we'll put the fields back in the CRP where mowing is part of the terms and...

Looking at the 4025 4WS features in the online specifications .pdf and it says this machine comes with a sliding mesh transmission but in the tractor comparison tab for the same machine it indicates it has a constant mesh transmission. From Wikipedia: The earliest form of a manual...

It looks to me that the mid-pto feature to drive a front mounted snow blower is only available in the 30 hp range models. If this is correct, how are you guys in the northerly climes, with larger machines, dealing with snow removal. I'm in northern ME where we get a goodly amount some years.

Still looking for a tractor to cut 50+ hay acres. Stopped by the local Kioti dealer and he quoted me $19889 for a new DS 4110 hs which included a loader and 6 ft rotary cutter. The loader was a manufacturer incentive and no charge. Seemed like pretty good price.... though I'd just come from the...

Need a price check on a Case IH 485 w/2000 hours. Looks very clean..has FEL, rear weights and rear hitch.

Thanks Soundguy...did you mean that if I decided I needed diamond tread at some point that I'd need to replace the rims and the tires? One more q ..if you would...according to tractordata.com the 2k has a non-synchronized trans. Not sure if that's the only trans it was sold with... do you...

At our summer place in nothher ME I spend a full day of every trip cutting the grass with a walk behind mower. I cut around the house, down around one side of the pond and out to the road. I don't really mind the work but it's a day out of what's typically a 7-10 day visit. I really need a bush...

I turned the boiler off during a fuel delivery for about and hour or so the other day and while it was off I replaced the filter. When I restarted it, it wouldn't stay lit. I bled the fuel line a number of times and eventually, after a few hours the problem resolved itself. The boiled hadn't...

Looked at an early '50's, very clean, Ferguson TO 30 on Saturday. Rear tires have what look to be minor cracks front tires are new. Rims look clean. It has a Sherman transmission (I think it's low-mid-high) There's a minor crack in the sheetmetal low on the grill. It starts up easily...

2002 TC33 diesel 4x4 w/ frontend loader for $2300. Has just under 1200 hours. Says he's original owner w/maint. records. The price seems low to me. I'm going to go look at it. Any suggestions on what to look for?

Looking at this Ferguson TO-30 and wondering about the availability of parts. From a quick search online it looks like it could be a problem. Any comments? TIA...Chris

Anyone have any experiences to share with regard to transporting a tractor over long distance? Looking to find out my options for transporting an 8N from NJ to Maine. Who did you use, what did it cost, about how long did it take to transport? TIA

Looking at an early fifties 8n that's not been running for several years. It looks to be in pretty bad shape. It's leaking gear oil out of the PTO. Is this serious? What's involved with fixing it? TIA

Hi all, My wife and I bought the farm four years ago. :D It's 80 acres ... about three fourths pasture land and one fourth woodland. The pasture is mostly timothy and clover with a generous mix of weeds of all manner and other grasses as well. The woodland is very think/dense and consists...

The pond has some shallow spots around the perimeter where it looks like someone cleared away the dirt to allow a few springs to flow and there's some silting going on where a small brook enters into the pond. The water is clean and deep in the middle and so I'd like to try to spruce it up some...

Do you toss the greens and just go for the beets or do you cook up the greens too? I usually go for the greens as well ... just boil 'm .. and maybe put some butter and lemmon on.

While up at our place in Maine we kept passing by this guys tractor parked under what looked like some kind of car port....but with fluted columns??? Could it be a place of worship....a tractor temple? :thumbsup: http://i829.photobucket.com/albums/zz215/keegsbucket/IMG_0256.jpg

There's an air channel by way of the standing ribs in the metal roofing that runs from the rake up to the ridge. I know there's a ridge cap seal installed on my roof but it doesn't block the flow of air as the seal overlaps the metal roofing between the ribs and cap but doesn't seal the open end...

Anyone know about wall ovens? I have a jenn air with issues with self clean feature. The lock isn't kicking in. Should I shotgun it and try to by the part or should I just call the repair guy and bend over?

There's an area of pasture not too far from that house that's not being cut, where alders have begun to propagate. I've done some checking online to identify the species and while I don't know for sure what variety of alder this, is I'm pretty sure it's alder. It's propagated to a radius of...

Looking for some discounts on unfinished solid (2 1/4" x 3/4") oak flooring. Nothing fancy, plain old red or white oak... TIA

Learned something today ..thought I'd share. I bought a cheap pair of shoes at Walmart and within a few months the laces frayed and one broke at work on Friday. So the Mrs. was putting together the shopping list and asked me if I needed anything and I told her about the shoe laces but that I...

Swisher Products : Products: Trimmers I need something to trim around the pond. The terrain is too rough for the lawn mower. Anyone have one of these?

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I pruned all the fruit trees last fall and I wouldn't swear by it but they all seem to have allot more flowers this spring. Is there a correlation? Do more flowers mean more fruit?

Our place in Maine gets invaded by hoards of these cluster flies that look much like common house flies but arrive in the many thousands. They seem to show up around the change of seasons (spring and fall). From out doors you can see them gather on the side of the house that's receiving the most...

I've got a twenty acre hay field that I'm considering for cow pasture. There's timothy planted in the field right now. There's no fence, so putting one up will likely be part of any deal that's agreed to. There's a small pond nearby and a small brook that feeds it. I don't want the pond or the...

Has anyone ever had success with stocking a pond? I have a small pond on our Maine farm and was thinking about trying to stock it. The pond is fed by a small brook and some springs. It's about fifteen feet deep. It is home to water fowl, frogs, schools of very small fish and occasionally passing...

On the way home today in the car I was listening to the reports coming in from Chile. The reporter was describing the scene on the ground there, a newly rescued mine worker on a gurney being wheeled away from the crowd and calling to his wfe ..."How is the dog?" :thumbsup:

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I have a Sears weed whacker. I bought it in 1996. The engine runs fine but there's something going on with the business end. The string spool spins but it sounds like it's spinning at two speeds ..(when it's cutting weeds and when it's not). Also the string spool retainer nut doesn't come off...

PowerSharp sharpens chain on the saw, on the job, in seconds Chainsaw blades have gotten allot better (or maybe I've learned how to better take care of them) over the years but they still get dull. I'm NG at sharpening them and found this. It's probably going to be expensive. Anyone have any...

My sense is that the age distribution on TBN is somewhat north of middle age. If I'm right, there's gotta be some of you out there getting by on just SS and savings. If so, how are you doing it...stocks, bonds, annuities, CD's? Are you rolling your own plan or do you use an advisor? Consuelo...

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I just finished putting up the last of this year's firewood. Thought I'd share and ask you to post yours.

I tiled the bathroom floor and shower surround in our Maine house this past summer and now I'm wondering how well the tile will hold up under the conditions of an unheated house. I used backer board on both surfaces, thinset on the floor and mastic in the shower and a high end grout. Should I...

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Started cutting and splitting this season's firewood today. Dang ..it's hard work...took lots of watermelon breaks... It's good work though...

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Have you ever had kale soup? The wife makes it a few times a month. She strips the kale off the stems and boils it. Then she takes some chicken stock, adds some garlic, a little cream, olive oil, a little of the kale water used to boil the kale, some salt and pepper and the kale. Sometimes...

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I usually take a salad for lunch to work ...a few different kinds of lettuce, some cabbage, carrots, radish, celery....and I put a topper on, a variety of cheeses, sometimes leftover chili or lentils, maybe some leftover pasta.. A few months ago I decided to try some sardines as a topper and...

I'm looking for suggestions/experiences on coating/coverinng methods and products for the extruded foam board foundation insulation that's exposed above grade. The exposure runs about 24" around the house. The sill plate extends 2" over the foundation wall and the foam board (blue board) butts...

Back in the day, flagpoles were made almost exclusively from wood. I imagine a suitably straight tree was selected and felled from which a flagpole was fashioned. I'm thinking it may still be done this way by the boy scouts. Has anyone ever done this? If so, what kind of wood did you use? How...

I did the income taxes last weekend. :confused: We got refunds....the federal came in 8 days and the state in 9. That's pretty fast for government work. :)

Got this in email from my brother. Apparently it's making the rounds but if it's true, it's interesting. During a private "fly-in" fishing excursion in the Alaskan wilderness, the chartered pilot and fishermen left a cooler and bait in the plane... and a bear smelled it. This is what the...

An aerial view of a half-mile-wide heart made out of manure near Albert Lea, Minn. Bruce Andersland created the Valentine's Day gift for his wife of 37 years in their farm field. AP - updated 30 minutes ago ALBERT LEA, Minn. - Nothing says "I love you" like a half-mile-wide heart made out of...

So....I crank up the snowblower this morning to do the driveways and after about 45 minutes of running the machine, a mouse squeezes out of the box frame below the engine, looks up at me with one of those mouse in the headlights looks and darts across the top of the snow to god knows where...

I'm having a new well system installed in our Maine summer house. I'm considering how to handle winterization. I thought it might be a good idea to raise the level of th expansion tank which I'm planning to install in the basement, to make draining it easier. I'm not sure if there're going to be...

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When constructing a pole building, beside cost, what are the advantages and disadvantages of putting down a slab? My guess is that a slab could be put down after the building is up without too much trouble. If that assumption is correct then what provisions do I need to make for a future slab...

I have eighty acres in northern Maine, sixty acres of timothy and twenty or so of woodland. This is a summer getaway for my wife and I. We have someone harvesting the hay fields but there are plenty of areas that need maintaining e.g. the periphery of the fields, around the house, the driveway...

My neighbor bought a new extension ladder and gave me his old one. He said the old one flexed too much even when it was only moderately extended and that it feels unsafe. So I have a wobbly 24' aluminum extension ladder in pretty good shape. I was thinking I could run a few lengths of steel...

I passed on the USDA offered CRP contract this time. I have about 60 acres of timothy hay. Pictured is one of two fields. A local cattle farmer is cutting it for me in exchange for the hay but I'm wondering if it (the hay that is) will ever be worth anything more than the value of having someone...

Hi Gents, I have a small pond on my property. I was told it's about 15-20 feet deep in the middle and I'm guessing it's about 1/4 - 1/3 of an acre in size. The pond is man made. It's fed by a small brook that runs all year and I've seen a few small springs bubbling up around the edges. There's...