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It isn't cheap.....BUT the reality is between the tax incentives and the fact we have such an expensive electrical bill it pays for itself in 8-9 years and after that "free power" as we think about entering "retirement" in about 10 years........ High level math is $80K less 30% tax credit next...

All good.....wasn't arguing. I personally don't care either way as I'm not the one digging.....just wrote the check :-). Our inspector is familiar with me and our projects......Morton building, finished basement etc. He picks his spots to be particular......

We are in a similar situation in that we use a LOT of power.......well pump, hot water heater, forced hot air heating, centra A/C, mini-splits for the basement, hot tub, etc. add in some of the nation's highest electrical rates and our electric bill is between $350 and 650/month so the payoff...

It needed to be 24".......some areas they went deeper to about 30"...... inspector came out and measured yesterday before they backfilled.......regardless it is 50% buried and closed up now :-)

We are in the middle of a large solar install at our house......39 panels in all, 2 stand alone arrays of 12 panels each and 15 more on the roof of the Morton building we had build last year. Part of this project is installing a sub panel bringing power to the Morton as well which of course...

I reached out to Kubota directly. Got the somewhat predictable response. "Our warranty is specifically for manufacturing defects and does not cover wear items such as couplings". Of course, under normal circumstances I fully agree with their position. But a coupling basically eating itself...

I have no idea how to interpret this blower thing........ should I toss it up as a random quality control issue that Kubota doesn't want to admit that sticks me with a $700 bill? This blower was expensive as heck (full hydraulics etc.) and billed as a "commercial" blower.....and I treat it...

I wanted to close the loop on this. I just got off the phone with the service Dept and my blower and K-connect is ready for pick up. $700 later..... Their explanation is that "the dog ears wear like that when the lower locking pins on the blower are not locked in and you back up with the...

Darn raise planter took 7 buckets of loam to get to a level I can layer in another 8-12" of good soil to get some veggies in the ground. My wife got me this raised bed kit for Christmas along with a fabric cover to keep the bugs out......which is kinda cool. It took a bit of time to bolt...

No judgement here. We all have very expensive wheel barrows and exercising them with light lifting tasks to keep them lubed up and ready for real work is the prudent thing to do........at least that is what I tell myself.

Perhaps a French Drain situation would work well........our 4.5 acre lot is in a hollow of sort with a slope from one side to the other......the builder did a nice job with drainage however there was still work to be done. Winter melt and heavy rains caused water to roll down the slopes and...

Ah yes, the "easy out"......or as I like to think of them, "one more thing to break off and get stuck"...... I don't have any awesome solutions, but I feel your pain, it can be the most frustrating thing to deal with. We'll be thinking about you and if you are like me, it is best to remove any...

Same model. We have some very solid winters here in NH and my coupler is toast after 3 seasons and about 35hrs total. I follow the same exact procedure as you with regards to always starting at idle and ramping up Rpm and always in float. The big difference between my use case and yours is my...

Nice.....admittedly I have also used the tractor to move the One-Up rack......but they are great bike racks.....

Yesterday was a quick trip to the Kubota dealer to drop off my K Connect since they have my blower and they are marveling at the coupler wear in just 35hrs of use.......but that is a saga that seems to be too common for a $7-8K blower setup. To take my mind off it I cleaned the air filter on...

I have seen a couple posts on here.....are there more? I dropped of my K Connect and the service tech (nice guy) said he has never seen anything like premature wear like mine had...... Let's be clear here, my blower and K Connect have maybe 35-40hrs total on the units over 3 seasons. It has...

Could the recommended running of the blower in float (which makes sense) be allowing too much up and down and in and out while at full PTO speed? If the spring mechanism is allowing any "in/out" movement whatsoever while in the act of blowing it would certainly cause this coupling to wear as...

My BX2830 is at the dealer now and they are seeing excessive wear and replacing my connection on the blower among other things and want my K Connect tomorrow....... This is starting to kinda piss me off..... "Commercial" blower with full hydraulics @ about $7,500 lasted 2.5 seasons of home...

Gol-dangit......... Dealer called today......my BX2830 is in the shop (separate thread I started about it eating shear bolts)......they now want to take a look at my K-Connect as the coupling is "very worn" per their shop guy. I now need to drop the unit off tomorrow. I'll be friggin' pissed...

62 Ton or ~44 yards is no joke, that's a solid day of tractor work. Never seen the cut tire for underlayment trick.........makes sense when I think about it. How were they cut, sawzall?