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So, there I am working on my daughters Jeep the other day as it needed rear wheel bearings. Obviously I have to take off the rear wheels and while I was putting them back on, it hits me. Now is the perfect time to make some "Wheel Keepers". BTW, a big 🖕to the person at...

First off I would like to thank everyone that chimed in with advice about clearing small saplings on another post. Everyone's advice was taken into account and after some careful consideration, I have decided to go with the Echo SRM-410U Brush cutter as @Flintknapper suggested. I was all set...

Well I decided to take advantage of some "free time" and make/try to modify that "mini- welding positioner". For the money, it seems like a decent tool to have around but the one thing that I dislike is the spindle that sticks up in the middle. If you take off the table and look at from the...

I was doing some work outside when a storm crept up on me. This seems like an apropriate time to straighten those stabilizer bars I bent. For those that don't recall. I got side tracked putting my BH77 on a few months ago. Well, when I returned, I forgot to take off those stabilizer bars for...

Well, I have this weird fascination with welding and metal working, and one of the things that kind of bothers me is my inability to get good looking welds on circular parts. Maybe more "torch time" is what I need, but the reality is that I just don't have the time. Therefore, I decided to...

So I almost never take General Jackson (the backhoe) off the General Lee. Its easy to do, however I have found that it is a very convenient way to ballast the machine and comes in quite handy on many occasions. (Best 10K I ever spent!) Anywhoo, I had to take it off to put the PHD on, and at...

So after some trial and error in the past, I decide that 6 inch swivel casters from Horror Freight are about the best thing going for implement storage and moving.....at least for my situation that is. The only thing I don't like about them is that they dont sell them with a "locking bar" , but...

So there I am just cleaning up a little (not an everyday occurance for me...lolol) when the wife walks in. Wife: The vans making noise. Paul: What kind of noise? Wife: A squeaking. I think its the brake "squealer". Paul: F%$% I know I did the brakes about 20k ago...... I think? Welp, I...

A few weeks ago I ordered some parts from Taylor Freelance for this "Race Gun" that I am playing around with. Nothing major, just a mag extension, a bigger mag release button and slide rack. Everything went well except the "slide racker" was hitting the optic before it was seated. So it was...

I have been "trailblazing" a little so that my grand kids can ride the Mini-bikes and Rhino someplace other than around the cottage. The problem is that there are quite a few areas where the ground is very wet most of the time. Now for the occasional travel it's not too bad, but repeatedly...

You win, Stupid prizes!!!!!!!! Well as I posted last week or so, I was out "trailblazing" with the General Lee and got into a tough spot and must have "bottomed out" on something. So my buddy that was helping me yelled for me to stop and pointed to the "blood trail" After smelling it, I...

Grandson asked if he could "drive the tractor" ....... Well Hells bells, he is almost 6, so why not? I had to "over-ride" the seat switch and use my Ghili-suit as a "spacer" , and after a quick run down of the controls, he was "Tractor'in" like a pro. #1 rule was to wear the seat belt. #1A...

Well, there I was out "trail blazing" when my buddy yells "STOP, shut it down!" Then he directs my attention to this "blood trail". I smelled it thinking it could be diesel or hydraulic fluid. No diesel smell, so hydraulic fluid it is. I am sure glad that I put that "red dye" in the...

I loathe greasing my machine/s: However, I do it all the time due to the 'voices in my head'. The thing I hate as much/(possibly more) is cleaning up, and lately I have been neglecting the "clean up" part. The over arching question here is : What do you use to clean heavy amounts of grease...

My SIL recently bought a Vermeer S925TX and it has a Kubota V1505 engine in it. He bought it new and has had it serviced as per the manual. Yesterday he had a very difficult time getting it to start (wind chills -20'ish) and I suggested that he install a block heater. (Actually I was amazed...

Well, much to the dismay of the wife, the Amazon Fairy visited me the other day, so I was chomping at the bit to finally, after 30'ish years, add an "air-over jack" to the Horror Freight 20 ton press. I don't know why I "needed" to do this right know, I certainly have no shortage of things to...

Nothing "earth shattering" here, just posting to burn data before my plan renews...LOL So I go out yesterday and plow the drive. Well there are some spots that I use the bucket on the tractor where the plow doesn't fit well. Somehow my box blade ended up on the ground, so I gotta pick it up...

Well there I am reading my credit card statement with a stiff drink in my hand, a tear rolling down my cheek and thinking to myself..."man did I really need that "Black Friday" safe?" Then it pops into my head "Hell yes you did!" But the one thing I hate/can't stand/worry about, is the...

After watching The Big Lebowski, I reasoned that he had a safe, most likely, and that he would need a way to conveniently store his pistol. Also I have "a friend" that could use some of these, but is a tight a$$, and does not want to spend the money for them. "He" also wanted them in...

EDIT: After posting this, I realized I put it in the wrong section, sorry! After the unmitigated disaster of the outrigger guard project I still had a few hours left before the kids showed up for dinner. So I decide to take on a "light duty, guaranteed success" project to even out the "success...