Magnatrac with new power plant

[LXT]

Well, last I posted the Kohler engine was giving me some issues so i decided to put a new power plant in the machine. HF was having a great sale on the 22 hp Predator motors so for $849 I bought one. this required some modification to the "firewall" area of the machine, some longer Hyd hoses a coupler with mount and a little modification here & there.

I did have a buddy fab me up a guard to cover the Hyd motor & it's on (just no pic) any way I have been running the predator for 2+ months now & so far so good, power wise no difference & the fact that I dont have to worry about the engine just stopping in the middle of a job is a plus. this is an older machine & I have done a lot of work with it, last year graded for above ground pool for granddaughter, moved and spread more #4 rock than I wanted to & am currently digging out to put in a basement door (will post pic), so I need this lil guy for the foreseeable future and a new engine will mean more projects get done (momma will be happy) - Just thought I'd share in case someone out there was interested.

 

[LXT]

My current project, I have dug it down more & had to switch over to the front loader hoe to reach down deeper, now I have around 25+ tons of dirt on the side to deal with - LOL, gonna put versa Loks on each side to retain and paver walk with versa lok steps - this will be an all summer job, im currently figuring the drainage aspects out on this project , I now at the footer & founf the old terra cotta french drain - doesnt look to be a working french drain???? I have the interior french drain in the basement so not sure what to do with what I found.

gonna put in a trough drain and feed any accumulated water to a sump & pump it to the yard, might tie the terra cotta in to this system - if any one has done this................... advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[sandman2234]

I have never understood how you keep water out of a basement. Don't have anyway to learn around here because almost nobody has a basement!
David from jax

 

[ultrarunner]

Build it like a swimming pool in reverse and if grade is with you a drainage system to daylight for backup.

Had a home once with a sump which did a great job until the power went out and 6” of water pooled up…

Had a plan to drain from sump to daylight but got an offer too good to pass up so sold the place… with a new sump pump of course.