Nice! A bottom discharge makes for spreading stone a lot easier.Driver called and asked if he could deliver today, sure.
Nice! A bottom discharge makes for spreading stone a lot easier.Driver called and asked if he could deliver today, sure.
I think I would undo the flowerbed mounds and save the driveway, if that's possible.5 inches of rain rearranged the driveway gravel. Put the gravel back where it belongs with the bucket.
The previous owner put in flower bed mounds directly in the path of the natural drainage path. Now the runoff rearranges the driveway gravel.
Dug a drainage across one loop of the drive and waited for the tropical depression 4" of rain to inspect my work. The rain was downgraded to a drizzle. I guess I will have to bury the drain pipe and hope I can correctly predict rain runoff.
It could be worse. You could find where the PO's cut three joists under the kitchen nearly through at both ends (to route A/C duct) just before you push a 300-pound refrigerator across them and find the fast way to get a refrigerator in the basement. Fortunately for me, I decided it would be better to move the water line for the ice maker first before moving the fridge. No wonder the kitchen always felt like we were walking on a trampoline. I raised the floor about 1/4 inch and nailed sisters to the joists. Still gotta fix the duct in the room below the kitchen.I think I would undo the flowerbed mounds and save the driveway, if that's possible.
Good way to use the L2501 too.
Think I’ll do the same to get through winter and let the disruption settle so I can pull a few more roots before I bother with topsoil. Maybe topsoil and fresh seed in early spring. Maybe it’ll get a foothold before summer droughts. I want to flatten the lawn as much as possible. I’ve been bouncing over roots for 20 years. Time for a decent lawn. The roots aren’t needed anymore and have short window of existence remaining. I left them alone to avoid causing problems with trees that already had problems and just used a weed eater to keep the few weeds around them in check.We got 1.5" of rain over the last day and a half so I pulled out the chain harrows and gave the side lot a go over and then used the spreader to overseed a few bags of grass seed. I was hoping to have done this a couple weeks ago but it was too dry. Should still be enough time for it to take a bite before winter.
We're days away from from being in another round of drought. I saw some large cracks in the ground in the Dove hunting pasture yesterday.We got 1.5" of rain over the last day and a half so I pulled out the chain harrows and gave the side lot a go over and then used the spreader to overseed a few bags of grass seed. I was hoping to have done this a couple weeks ago but it was too dry. Should still be enough time for it to take a bite before winter.
I consider Spring grass seeding to be a sign of owner/operator impatience.Think I’ll do the same to get through winter and let the disruption settle so I can pull a few more roots before I bother with topsoil. Maybe topsoil and fresh seed in early spring. Maybe it’ll get a foothold before summer droughts. I want to flatten the lawn as much as possible. I’ve been bouncing over roots for 20 years. Time for a decent lawn. The roots aren’t needed anymore and have short window of existence remaining. I left them alone to avoid causing problems with trees that already had problems and just used a weed eater to keep the few weeds around them in check.
I like my new 25" deep root ripper!For all you guys dreaming that your BX's are real construction equipment...
I broke my M59 BH today digging a dozen tree roots out...a $1.36 c-clip popped off, pin slid out part way and I F**kd my $925.75 stabilizer arm because I didn't notice that the pin had moved. Why didn't I catch the pin sliding out early on? Probably because my stabilizer was completely caked in mud from digging in soft ground. I didn't see the damage until the end of the day when I cleaned the mud off the stabilizers before parking in the barn.
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I'll be trying to fix this of course. Unfortunately the boss not only bent but twisted as well.
Using C-clips to retain pins for potentially ground engaging parts makes me scratch my head and say WTF. K really cheaps out at times and uses a c-clip instead of a retaining bolt and lock nut.
Digging out roots is hard work on any machine. And expensive on cheap light duty equipment.
Nice work!since the weather wasn't good to be outside Sunday, I decided to knock out my 800hr service. It was drama free. Dropped the front axle fluid since I planned on replacing both outer tie rod ends as well.
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a quick front end alignment and ass is well.
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I don't know. The parts themselves were salty enough.Nice work!
Wonder what a dealer would have charged for that?
Were the tie rods in bad shape or recommended to be replaced at 800 hours?since the weather wasn't good to be outside Sunday, I decided to knock out my 800hr service. It was drama free. Dropped the front axle fluid since I planned on replacing both outer tie rod ends as well.
a quick front end alignment and all is well.
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