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I worked some more on that dolly today. I should start out by saying I know nothing about working with wood. I noticed that when I bolted the three 2x6 together, they didn’t come out very flat. I used a cheap Harbor Freight plane to try and make a level surface across the theee joined pieces of...

Ok. Thanks. If I go that route I would buy the bigger trees to start with (6-8ft). They cost more, but like you said I want to be able to block the view sooner than later. Lol I started working on a backhoe dolly today. Still need to add the casters and bolt everything together. Plan on...

Oh. And back to the box blade. Is there a promo code for EA on OTT. I know some of the other forums I go to for cars/motorcycles, they often have a discount code for vendors.

Question about the line of trees at bottom. Nobody ever drives up that street (we’re at the very back of the development) except the mailman (and me). But we probably get the most snow (in NJ) because we’re not too far away from High Point, and they do love to salt the roads. Is there anyway to...

Ok. Thanks for the tidbit. I agree 100% on the barberry. The front porch was my next project (after a lean to off my shed). I hate all the cheap white plastic that my neighbor used when he built it, and I was going to update it with some timber beams and black wrought iron and was definitely...

The soil down at the bottom of the yard can get kind of soggy after a heavy rain. I don’t think the guy who built the house (that’s his shop across the street - he sold this house and bought land across the street) didn’t do the best with landscape drainage.

Another question about planting trees. This time in front yard. Similar to what we want to do for privacy from the back yard, we were also talking about having a screen of trees 🌲 on one side of the front yard. When you sit on my front porch, you see my neighbor’s shop to the right.

Ok. Thanks. I’m going to order the EA 54” Extreme Duty box blade. I did a bunch of reading and it seems like a lot of folks run a FitRite hydraulic link with a box blade.

Ok. Good to know. They would definitely be in full sunlight up along the back edge of the property. My Heavy Hitch arrived today. I’ll unbox it tomorrow

I think my bucket is 60” but I may be mistaken. I’ll measure it. I got some feedback earlier in the thread about when I should (and shouldn’t) plant the grass seed. Does that also apply to planting trees? I’m considering adding several Giant Thuja evergreens (I think that’s what they’re called)...

Ok thanks! Would you agree that the 54” size would be best for my B2601?

Is this the same one you bought? It looks a little different on the site: https://www.everythingattachments.com/Box-Blade-Box-Scraper-For-Compact-Tractors-p/eta-xd-cbb.htm

Ok. Thanks for the tip regarding EA vs LP.

I ordered the Heavy Hitch. If I was going to get a box blade, seems like the 54” would be most appropriate for the B2601 (at last from what I read). Is the Land Pride the one to get? I see EA has one called a Land Shark. Are they comparable? The Land Shark one costs about $100 more.

I stopped by my local Kubota dealer today just to see if they rented box blades. They don’t. But they do rent York rakes for the 3-point hitch. Not sure if I should consider that. I’m definitely going to wait until we get some drier weather. I bought a couple of big tarps from Harbor Freight to...

That’s actually my old well, which is now going to used only for washing cars. But I will repair that. I also thought of painting it green. I don’t mind snakes. In fact. I spend most of my weekends out catching/photographing them in the spring.

Thanks everyone. A lot of good information for me to digest. Place I live up in north NJ is called Stonehedge. There are no hedges, but lots of stone. A lot of glacial deposits of granite. You can’t dig 6 in without hitting a rock. lol.

Awesome! Thank you! I’m going to Harbor Freight tomorrow to pick a couple of the big tarps to cover up the soil. I also have 10 yds of stone dust (not in picture). Would you cover that too?

Good point in the BH removal. Probably better to learn how to do that while everything is in working order than wait for some emergency. if I remove BH and still want to use tractor, I think I need a ballast box (I think that’s what it’s called) so the tractor isn’t front-heavy, right?