What did you do to or on your Kubota today?
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ajschnitzelbank
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(Yesterday) the tractor made getting the evaporator going a bit easier. First and only boil of the year for me (got a lot of other stuff on my plate). Made a little over two gallons of syrup in an afternoon (better part of a day really). Took 75ish gallons of sap and about a quarter of a cord of pine. I used to think real maple syrup from the supermarket was expensive. Now I think it’s a bargain!
dirtydeed
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1) We didn't go out of our way to dissect the contents on the pipe. They just show up as we are removing pieces of pipe.
2) and this is a big one...so that we can show the landlord why he just spent $16K to get the tenant apartments flowing again. Maybe with a little guidance, the tenants will stop flushing grease, hair rollers and toothbrushes??? Then again, they are tenants who just don't give a hoot (I'd use another term here but this is a PG site).
2) and this is a big one...so that we can show the landlord why he just spent $16K to get the tenant apartments flowing again. Maybe with a little guidance, the tenants will stop flushing grease, hair rollers and toothbrushes??? Then again, they are tenants who just don't give a hoot (I'd use another term here but this is a PG site).
dirtydeed
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Today's festivities with rented Orange mule.
House trap was sheared off and dropped due to insufficient backfill (no stone in sight)...shoddy construction but, plenty of "plunkies" were found around the outside of the pipe. I took some before pics showing how the front entrance had already dropped since it had been replaced in 2018. I like to CYA when possible.
Start:
Dig: (hmmm, no real footing or even stone) . Lots of garbage fill was used.
Look at the red line visible on the brick. That left side had dropped. I actually could see that there was an issue from Google maps street view.
Orange Mule:
Pipey:
Put the wall back in for now since I needed something to backfill against. Lots of stone with weed barrier to keep the dirt out of it. Look at the kind neighbors pipes...looks like his trap has begun to sink as well. He was a very nice gentleman to allow us access using his sidewalk and taking down his stone wall so that we could repair his neighbors trap. Pretty rare these days. This kindness does shed a glimmer of hope that all is not lost here.
will return to restore the kind neighbors walkway and bed.
House trap was sheared off and dropped due to insufficient backfill (no stone in sight)...shoddy construction but, plenty of "plunkies" were found around the outside of the pipe. I took some before pics showing how the front entrance had already dropped since it had been replaced in 2018. I like to CYA when possible.
Start:
Dig: (hmmm, no real footing or even stone) . Lots of garbage fill was used.
Look at the red line visible on the brick. That left side had dropped. I actually could see that there was an issue from Google maps street view.
Orange Mule:
Pipey:
Put the wall back in for now since I needed something to backfill against. Lots of stone with weed barrier to keep the dirt out of it. Look at the kind neighbors pipes...looks like his trap has begun to sink as well. He was a very nice gentleman to allow us access using his sidewalk and taking down his stone wall so that we could repair his neighbors trap. Pretty rare these days. This kindness does shed a glimmer of hope that all is not lost here.
will return to restore the kind neighbors walkway and bed.
fried1765
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DeWalt 20V grease gun is equally good.Thanks for the positive recommendation!
fried1765
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That front step footing (or lack thereof) must have slipped by the building inspector.Today's festivities with rented Orange mule.
House trap was sheared off and dropped due to insufficient backfill (no stone in sight)...shoddy construction but, plenty of "plunkies" were found around the outside of the pipe. I took some before pics showing how the front entrance had already dropped since it had been replaced in 2018. I like to CYA when possible.
Start:
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Dig: (hmmm, no real footing or even stone) . Lots of garbage fill was used.
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Look at the red line visible on the brick. That left side had dropped. I actually could see that there was an issue from Google maps street view.
Orange Mule:
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Pipey:
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Put the wall back in for now since I needed something to backfill against. Lots of stone with weed barrier to keep the dirt out of it. Look at the kind neighbors pipes...looks like his trap has begun to sink as well. He was a very nice gentleman to allow us access using his sidewalk and taking down his stone wall so that we could repair his neighbors trap. Pretty rare these days. This kindness does shed a glimmer of hope that all is not lost here.
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will return to restore the kind neighbors walkway and bed.
Pennsylvania with just a few inches of footing cover?
I don't think so!
dirtydeed
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Fried, totally agree with you. I really do wish that I had actually found a footing. One of the last pics shows how that landing is dumping water off of the corner. Unreal.
Trapper Bob
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Drilled some holes for corner posts today. I am breaking into the fence line for a double 16 foot gate, to allow access to a watering lane. This 1 pond will service 2 pastures. 1 brome pasture for early season & a native grass for later.
Figured you'd use hedge since you have some.... and the price of steel post is scary. It'll be nice though.
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I’ve had the pipe for about 4 years. I ran into a good deal & bought plenty. Using the hedge did cross my mind. I am a little pressed for time & decided not to go “Old School” for this project.
I will plant some hedge in the bottom of the pond for the fish.
fried1765
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I'll bet every one of those (condos?) has a whole host of other construction deficiencies.
Built with every cost cutting idea conceivable.
Builder is usually gone, by the time the first issues arrive.
You just FIXED one of those issues for $16K,...... very sad for the unsuspecting property owner.
Nice job you did BTW!
I was a Civil Engineering major, and my dad wanted me to be a building contractor.
I liked construction, but would not have survived, because I could never cut corners like that.
(My dad was a woodcarver -from Germany- who originally worked on the organ case in St. Patricks Cathedral, so precision was in his blood.)
Instead,........ I learned to fly airplanes on/off aircraft carriers.
Sloppy/shoddy work there, .......is deadly!
Precision is in my blood too!
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RCW
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Maybe I’m the April Fool, but took snowblower off. 
Driveway needs a little touch up, and and it’s not too wet to get it done.
Driveway needs a little touch up, and and it’s not too wet to get it done.
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Last 2 storms here in central NH have been slushfests…PAM in the chute didn’t work well…getting sick of winter here…
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Yeah, hear you.Last 2 storms here in central NH have been slushfests…PAM in the chute didn’t work well…getting sick of winter here…
We got 12” of slush last year April 19. I can’t wait that long to change tractor over, sometimes I’ve mowed grass before May 1…
What happened to "No mow May?" Mowing less creates habitat and can increase the abundance and diversity of wildlife including bees and other pollinators. One way to reduce mowing is by participating in No Mow April, No Mow May, or Low Mow Spring.
Lawns cover 40 million acres, or 2%, of land in the US, making them the single largest irrigated crop we grow. Lawns are mowed, raked, fertilized, weeded, chemically treated, and watered—sucking up time, money, and other resources. Lawns provide little benefit to wildlife, and are often harmful. Grass-only lawns lack floral resources and nesting sites for bees and are often treated with pesticides that harm bees and other invertebrates.
When we think of habitat loss, we tend to imagine bulldozers and rutted dirt, but acres of manicured lawn are as much a loss of habitat as any development site.
Now I just got to convince everyone else about this as neighbors mow every 3 days. I am the every 10 days in the summer type. Of course the neighbors lawn is one acre and mine is a few more(5 acres that I mow).
Lawns cover 40 million acres, or 2%, of land in the US, making them the single largest irrigated crop we grow. Lawns are mowed, raked, fertilized, weeded, chemically treated, and watered—sucking up time, money, and other resources. Lawns provide little benefit to wildlife, and are often harmful. Grass-only lawns lack floral resources and nesting sites for bees and are often treated with pesticides that harm bees and other invertebrates.
When we think of habitat loss, we tend to imagine bulldozers and rutted dirt, but acres of manicured lawn are as much a loss of habitat as any development site.
Now I just got to convince everyone else about this as neighbors mow every 3 days. I am the every 10 days in the summer type. Of course the neighbors lawn is one acre and mine is a few more(5 acres that I mow).
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RCW
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I average about 150 hours on the tractor in the winter blowing/plowing snow and 300ish in the summer mowing/grading/digging in the summer. I am so happy to have a cab.